The environmental impacts of the production of hemp and flax textile yarn

Industrial Crops and Products

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-10

  van der Werf, Hayo M G ^a   Turunen, Lea ^a  

^a UMR SAS   (France)

Author keywords

Environmental impact; Fibre processing; Flax; Hemp; Yarn production

Indexed keywords

CULTIVATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FLAX; HEMP; WATER;

FIBRE PROCESSING; YARN PRODUCTION;

YARN;

CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROP PRODUCTION; ENERGY USE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; EUTROPHICATION; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; PESTICIDE APPLICATION; TEXTILE INDUSTRY; WARM WATER; WATER USE;

CULTIVATION; FLAX; HEMP; WATER; YARN;

CANNABIS; CANNABIS SATIVA; LINUM USITATISSIMUM;

CROP PRODUCTION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FIBER MANUFACTURE; FLAX FIBER YARN; HEMP YARN; RETTING; YARN MANUFACTURE;

EID: 36549070286     PISSN: 09266690     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.indcrop.2007.05.003     Document Type: Article

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