Handbook of Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) of textiles and clothing

• Corporate Author: Textile Institute (Manchester, England)
• Other Authors: Muthu, Subramanian Senthilkannan (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge, UK : Woodhouse Publishing is an imprint of Elsevier, [2015]
• Series: Woodhead publishing in textiles ; no. 172.
• Subjects: Textile fabrics > Environmental aspects.; Clothing trade > Environmental aspects.; Product life cycle.; elektronické knihy; electronic books
• ISBN: 9780081001875; 0081001878; 9780081001691; 008100169X
• Physical Description: 1 online resource : color illustrations

Life cycle assessment (LCA) is used to evaluate the environmental impacts of textile products, from raw material extraction, through fibre processing, textile manufacture, distribution and use, to disposal or recycling. LCA is an important tool for the research and development process, product and p...