Fibre - polyester (market for)
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The activity generating the emissions is market for fibre, polyester. The Reference Product is fibre, polyester. The product fibre, polyester refers to manufactured (man-made) filaments of very long length (up to several kilometers) from virgin polyester. The most common polyester is made from polyethylene terephthalate. The term virgin refers to raw plastic manufactured directly from petrochemical feedstock. This is an intermediate product which requires further processing to be transformed into products such as polyester staple fibres or texturized filament yarns. The Reference Product amount is 1. The cut-off classification is allocatable product. The activity type is market activity. Please refer to the ecoinvent documentation for full details: https://ecoquery.ecoinvent.org/3.12/cutoff/dataset/20467/documentation
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Name | Fibre - polyester (market for) |
| Sector | Materials and Manufacturing |
| Category | Textiles |
| Source | ecoinvent |
| Source Dataset | Cut-off Cumulative LCIA v3.12 |
| Region | |
Unit Type | |
| Year | 2007 |
| Year Released | 2025 |
| Emission Factor |
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| Scopes | 3.1 |
LCA Activity | cradle_to_consumer |
Supported CO2e Calculation Method | AR5, AR6 |
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