Emission Factor

Bleaching - textile

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Emission factor summary

The activity generating the emissions is bleaching, textile. The reference product is bleaching, textile. Bleached fabric has improved whiteness, removed natural coloration and remaining trace impurities from the cotton; the degree of bleaching necessary is determined by the required whiteness and absorbency. Cotton being a vegetable fibre will be bleached using an oxidizing agent, such as dilute sodium hypochlorite or dilute hydrogen peroxide. The reference product amount is 1. The cut-off classification is allocatable product. The activity type is ordinary ordinary transforming activity. Please refer to the ecoinvent documentation here for full details: https://ecoquery.ecoinvent.org/3.11/cutoff/dataset/21762/documentation.

PropertyValue
NameBleaching - textile
SectorMaterials and Manufacturing
CategoryTextiles
Sourceecoinvent
Source DatasetCut-off Cumulative LCIA v3.11
Region
Unit Type
Year
2017
Year Released
2024
Emission Factor
  • CO2e0000kg/kg
LCA Activity
unknown
Supported CO2e Calculation Method
AR5, AR6
Data Versioning
  • Status: Current

API Reference

Activity ID
textiles-type_bleaching_textile_bleaching_textile
UUID
8f5ee6a5-5200-40a4-89ca-bd77f22cf7b3
Code Snippet
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