Higg Product Tools Higg MSI Extrusion and melt-spinning, continuous filament, with texturing (80 to 500 DTEX- 72 to 450 den-125 to 20 Nm)

Extrusion and melt-spinning, continuous filament, with texturing (80 to 500 DTEX- 72 to 450 den-125 to 20 Nm)

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Description

Melt-spinning process for synthetic yarn formation. Includes inputs for melting, extrusion, filament spinning, and texturing. Based on a broad survey of individual producers and industry associations, including data gathered by the International Textile Manufacturers Federation. Data are approximated to characterize the average of impacts of these processes.

Impacts

Impact area MSI Score
Global Warming 2.4
Eutrophication 3.9
Water Scarcity 0.2
Abiotic Resource Depletion, Fossil Fuels 1.8
Chemistry
Scored per material rather than production stage. Click on "Return to Material", and learn about Chemistry scoring under "Chemistry Certifications".

Modeling Notes

Includes only electricity usage.

Meta information

  • Primary Source: van der Velden, Natascha M., Martin K. Patel, and Joost G. VogtlÃĪnder (2014). "LCA benchmarking study on textiles made of cotton, polyester, nylon, acryl, or elastane." The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment 19.2: 331-356.
  • Last Publication or Review date: 2014
  • Geography: Global/generic
  • Data Generator: Cashion East, Pivot Analytics; east@pointpivot.com

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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