Front Cover; Assessing the Environmental Impact of Textiles and the Clothing Supply Chain; Copyright; Contents; Author contact details; Woodhead Publishing Series in Textiles; 1:The textile supply chain and its environmental impact; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 The textile supply chain: an overview; 1.3 The production of natural fi bres; 1.4 The production of synthetic fi bres; 1.5 Spinning; 1.6 Fabric manufacture; 1.7 Finishing processes; 1.8 Apparel manufacture; 1.9 Distribution and retail; 1.10 Usage and disposal; 1.11 Summary: key challenges in assessing and reducing environmental impacts.
1.12 Sources of further information and advice1.13 References; 2:Ways of measuring the environmental impact of textile processing: an overview; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Ways of measuring the environmental impact of textile processing and textile products; 2.3 Environmental legislation relating to textiles; 2.4 Current environmental standards and schemes in the industry; 2.5 Summary: key methods reviewed in this book; 2.6 Sources of further information and advice; 2.7 References.
3:Textile processing and greenhouse gas emissions: methods for calculating the product carbon footprint (PCF) of textile products3.1 Introduction; 3.2 The main principles of carbon footprint measurement; 3.3 Carbon footprint assessment methodology; 3.4 Applications of product carbon footprint (PCF) assessment to key stages in the supply chain; 3.5 Application of PCF assessment in textiles; 3.6 Summary: key challenges in calculating the PCF in textiles; 3.7 Sources of further information and advice; 3.8 References; 4:Calculating the water and energy footprints of textile products.
4.1 Introduction4.2 Water footprints: an introduction; 4.3 Methods for assessing water footprints; 4.4 Applications of water footprint assessment to key stages in the textile supply chain; 4.5 Energy footprints: introduction and methods of assessment; 4.6 Applications of energy footprint assessment to key stages in the textile supply chain; 4.7 Summary: key challenges in calculating water and energy footprints; 4.8 Sources of further information and advice; 4.9 References; 5:Textile processing and resource depletion: calculating the ecological footprint of textile products; 5.1 Introduction.
5.2 Main principles and methods5.3 Application to key stages in the supply chain; 5.4 Summary: key challenges in calculating ecological footprints (EFs) in textiles; 5.5 Sources of further information and advice; 5.6 References; 6:Estimating the overall environmental impact of textile processing: life cycle assessment (LCA) of textile products; 6.1 Introduction; 6.2 History of life cycle assessment (LCA); 6.3 Basic principles of LCA; 6.4 LCA goal and scope defi nition; 6.5 Life cycle inventory analysis; 6.6 Life cycle impact assessment (LCIA); 6.7 Life cycle interpretation.
