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Yarn - cotton (yarn production - spinning - for knitting)

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Emission factor summary

The activity generating the emissions is yarn production, cotton, spinning, for knitting. The Reference Product is yarn, cotton. Cotton yarn (other than sewing thread), containing 85% or more by weight of cotton. The Reference Product amount is 1. The cut-off classification is allocatable product. The activity type is ordinary transforming activity. Please refer to the ecoinvent documentation for full details: https://ecoquery.ecoinvent.org/3.12/cutoff/dataset/20112/documentation

PropertyValue
NameYarn - cotton (yarn production - spinning - for knitting)
SectorMaterials and Manufacturing
CategoryTextiles
Sourceecoinvent
Source DatasetCut-off Cumulative LCIA v3.12
Region
Global (GLOBAL)
Unit Type
Weight
Year
2016
Year Released
2025
Emission Factor
  • CO2e
    kg/kg
Scopes3.1
LCA Activity
source_specific
Supported CO2e Calculation Method
AR5, AR6
Data Versioning
  • Status: Current

API Reference

Activity ID
textiles-type_yarn_cotton_yarn_production_cotton_ring_spinning_for_knitting
UUID
d9cb9929-12e2-49cb-8591-a32d2b99c475
Code Snippet
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