Environmental indicators of textile products for ISO (Type III) environmental product declaration

• Autorzy: Nieminen-Kalliala E.
• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

The objective of this research project was to develop technical environmental indicators of textile products for ISO Type III environmental product declaration. The standardisation of an environmental declaration for products (Type III) currently under way in the ISO offers an interesting opportunity for communicating the environmental effects of products in a global and uniform manner. The research was conducted in co-operation between the Tampere University of Technology, the Federation of Finnish Textile and Clothing Industries and the more important Finnish textile producers and sellers. This paper examines the manufacturing processes of the selected textiles by using Life Cycle Inventory Analyses (LCI) of the Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) method, and also compares the data available with the criteria for different environmental labels (EU eco-labelling and the Oko-Tex standard). As a result of this research project, a proposal is presented for the formulation of technical environmental indicators of different types of textile products, i.e., of essential environmental effects, to support the development of ISO Type III environmental declaration criteria.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

life cycle assessment (LCA); LCA; eco-labelling; environmental product declaration; environmental indicators; integrated product policy; IPP

PL

ocena cyklu życia; LCA; oznakowanie ekologiczne; deklaracja środowiskowa; wskaźniki środowiskowe; zintegrowana polityka produktowa

• Wydawca: Lodz University of Technology, Faculty of Material Technologies and Textile Design
• Czasopismo: Autex Research Journal
• Rocznik: 2003
• Tom: Vol. 3, no. 4
• Strony: 206--218
• Opis fizyczny: Bibliogr. 14 poz.

Twórcy

autor

Nieminen-Kalliala E.

• Tampere University of Technology, Institute of Fibre Materials Science, PO Box 589, 33101 Tampere, Finland, fax: [phone]

Bibliografia

• 1. Statistics Finland, www.tilastokeskus.fi
• 2. Talvenmaa, Päivi. Tekstiilit ja ympäristö (Textiles and Environment). Federation of Finnish Textile and Clothing Industries, 1998
• 3. EU Commission Decision 1999/178/EC. Ecological criteria for the award of the Community ecolabel to textile products
• 4. Kalliala, E, Laitala, K. Comparison of Eco-labelling Criteria for Textile Products, The Nordic Textile Journal 1/00. The Swedish School of Textiles, The University College of Borås, 50190 Borås, Sweden, 2000
• 5. Nordic Ecolabelling. Ecolabelling of Textiles. Criteria document. 3 December 1999 – 15 June 2005. Version 2.5
• 6. Öko-Tex Standard 100, Ed. 01/99
• 7. Öko-Tex Standard 1000, Ed. 08/98
• 8. ISO TR 14025: ISO/TC 207/SC3/WG1 TG Type III N22 + annexes
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• 11. Kalliala, E, Talvenmaa, P. The Finnish Background Report for the EC Documentation of Best Available Technique for Textile Industry, Finnish Environment Institute, publication Nr. 426, 2000
• 12. Project partners: Marimekko Oy, Intrade Partners Oy, Nanso Oy, Finlayson Forssa Oy, SOK Central Trade, Virke Oy and the Federation of Finnish Textile and Clothing Industries, and: - Finnish Environment Institute, www.vyh.fi, Dr. Ari Nissinen - Consumer Research Centre, www.kuluttajatutkimuskeskus.fi, consumer studies and discussions - Finnish Standards Organisation, www.sfs.fi, Ms. Leena Nyqvist
• 13. Sipilä, Auli. Tekstiilien märkäprosessin ympäristöprofiili, Master's thesis, Tampere University of Technology, Fibre Materials Science, POB 537, Tampere, Finland, 2001
• 14. HELCOM, The Helsinki Convention, recommendation 16/10. March 1995