Spinning, bast fiber

22.9

Description

Spinning of bast fibers (scutched/softened fibers of jute, hemp, and flax) into yarn using wet ring spinning. Including spinning, drying, and winding.

Impacts

Impact area MSI Score
Global Warming 8.8
Eutrophication 6.3
Water Scarcity 0.5
Abiotic Resource Depletion, Fossil Fuels 7.3
Chemistry
Scored per material rather than production stage. Click on "Return to Material", and learn about Chemistry scoring under "Chemistry Certifications".

Modeling Notes

Meta information

  • Primary Source: Turunen, Lea, and Hayo van der Werf (2006). "Life cycle analysis of hemp textile yarn." INRA, French National Institute for Agronomy Research, France.
  • Last Publication or Review date: 2006
  • Geography: Global/generic
  • Data Generator: Cashion East, Pivot Analytics; east@pointpivot.com

Applicable Materials

Material Impact
benchmarkimpactblend components
Flax fiber fabric
162
Textiles
Hemp fiber fabric
160
Textiles
Jute fiber fabric
60
Textiles

Data quality

Data Quality Value Description
Precision Good 10% to 20% 2
Time Representativeness Good Data are not older than 6 years with respect to the release date or latest review date 2
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