Assessing the Environmental Impact of Textiles and the Clothing Supply Chain (2nd Edition) – eBook PDF

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Assessing the Environmental Impact of Textiles and the Clothing Supply Chain (2nd Edition) – eBook PDF

(The Textile Institute Book) Assessing the Environmental Impact of Textiles and the Clothing Supply Chain, 2^nd Edition, (PDF) is a completely updated, practical guide on how to recognize and respond to environmental challenges across the supply chain. This new edition includes updates to the sustainable use of water and electricity, important data on environmental impacts and their measurements, and new legislation, standards, and schemes. Chapters offer an introduction to the textile supply chain and an overview of the methods used to measure environmental impacts, including water and energy footprints, greenhouse gas emissions, and a lifecycle assessment (LCA) on environmental impacts.

This ebook will be a standard reference for R&D managers in the textile industry and academic researchers in textile science.

978-0128197837, 978-0128197844

• Presents a holistic view of the sustainability issues that affect the textile value chain
• Features methods for calculating product carbon footprints (PCFs), ecological footprints (EFs), and lifecycle assessments (LCA)
• Reviews chief methods for the reduction of the environmental impact of textile products and how they are implemented in practice
• Explains ways to calculate the textile industry’s use of resources, its effect on global warming, and the pollution and waste it generates

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