Title: Analysing environmental problems in textiles by LCA approach

Authors: Şule Altun; Ali Rüzgar; Zeynep İşlek Cin; Fatma Erdönmez

Addresses: Department of Fiber and Polymer Engineering, Bursa Technical University, Bursa, Turkey ' Bursa Technology and R&D Coordination Center, BUTEKOM, Bursa, Turkey ' Bursa Test and Analysis Laboratory (BUTAL), Bursa, Turkey ' Department of Fiber and Polymer Engineering, Bursa Technical University, Bursa, Turkey

Abstract: Life cycle assessment (LCA) is a tool used in evaluating environmental impacts of products, processes and services. LCA is widely used due to its ability to determine environmental effects of a product/service through its entire life cycle. Textile industry is one of the industries with the most impact on the environment; which increases interest to LCA studies of production, usage and disposal phases. In this study, LCA studies related to textiles are evaluated and discussed.

Keywords: life cycle assessment; LCA textile; environmental impacts; cotton.

DOI: 10.1504/IER.2017.084192

Interdisciplinary Environmental Review, 2017 Vol.18 No.1, pp.28 - 39

Received: 24 Oct 2016
Accepted: 04 Jan 2017
Published online: 17 May 2017 *

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