Sustainable Apparel Coalition

Description

Production from epichlorohydrin and bisphenol-A. All data are based on Eco-profiles of the European plastics industry.

Impacts

	Impact area	MSI Score
	Global Warming	7.8
	Eutrophication	6.7
	Water Scarcity	2.9
	Abiotic Resource Depletion, Fossil Fuels	10.5
	Chemistry	Scored per material rather than production stage. Click on "Return to Material", and learn about Chemistry scoring under "Chemistry Certifications".

Modeling Notes

Epoxy resin, liquid {GLO}| market for | Alloc Def, S. Includes 10% 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: ecoinvent 3.3
Last Publication or Review date: 2011
Geography: Global/generic
Data Generator: Cashion East, Pivot Analytics; east@pointpivot.com

Applicable Materials

Material	Impact benchmarkimpactblend components
Epoxy plastic	47 Plastics

Data quality

Data Quality	Value	Description
Precision	Fair	20% to 30%	3
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	Good	The technologies modeled are included in the mix of technologies covered by the dataset	2
Average			2.5

Epoxy plastic, fossil fuel based