Spinning, for silk
20.5
Description
Reeling and throwing is the process of winding silk onto bobbins, cleaning the silk, and doubling the silk and spinning it into fibers.
Impacts
| Impact area | MSI Score | |
|---|---|---|
| Global Warming | 7.2 | |
| Eutrophication | 7.9 | |
| Water Scarcity | 0.4 | |
| Abiotic Resource Depletion, Fossil Fuels | 4.9 | |
| Chemistry |
Scored per material rather than production stage. Click on "Return to Material", and learn about Chemistry scoring under "Chemistry Certifications".
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Modeling Notes
Meta information
- Primary Source: Quantis. World Apparel and Footwear Life Cycle Assessment Database (WALDB), version 2.0, 2018.
- Last Publication or Review date: 2018
- Geography: China/India
- Data Generator: Quantis
Applicable Materials
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Textiles
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Data quality
| Data Quality | Value | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Precision | Good | 10% to 20% | 2 |
| Time Representativeness | Excellent | Data are not older than 4 years with respect to the release date or latest review date | 1 |
| Geographical Representativeness | Good | The processes included in the dataset are well representative for the geography stated in the title and metadata | 2 |
| Technological Representativeness | Good | The technologies modeled are included in the mix of technologies covered by the dataset | 2 |
| Average | 1.75 | ||