Nylon, mechanically recycled

4.0

Description

Mechanically recycled nylon. Process includes transporation of waste materials to recycling plant, and also includes washing water, soaps, mechanical grinding and extrusion into pellets for reuse.

Impacts

Impact area MSI Score
Global Warming 1.3
Eutrophication 1.5
Water Scarcity 0.3
Abiotic Resource Depletion, Fossil Fuels 0.9
Chemistry
Scored per material rather than production stage. Click on "Return to Material", and learn about Chemistry scoring under "Chemistry Certifications".

Modeling Notes

Includes 5% loss of raw material to account for yield losses. Also includes 1000km inbound shipping distance to account for shipment of raw materials.

Meta information

  • Primary Source: Data are approximated from ecoinvent 3.3
  • Last Publication or Review date: 2015
  • Geography: Global/generic
  • Data Generator: Cashion East, Pivot Analytics; east@pointpivot.com

Data quality

Data Quality Value Description
Precision Fair 20% to 30% 3
Time Representativeness Excellent Data are not older than 4 years with respect to the release date or latest review date 1
Geographical Representativeness Fair The processes included in the dataset are sufficiently representative for the geography stated in the title and metadata 3
Technological Representativeness Fair The technologies modeled are representative of the average technology used for similar processes 3
Average 2.5