Carbon footprint of production processes of polypropylene nonwoven shopping bags

Fibres and Textiles in Eastern Europe

Volumn 92, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 12-15

  Muthu, Subramanian Senthilkannan ^a   Li, Yi ^a   Hu, J Y ^a   Mok, P Y ^a   Liao, Xiao ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Global warming potential; Life cycle impact assessment; Sewing technology; SIMAPRO; Thermal attachment

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY; GLOBAL WARMING; LIFE CYCLE; NONWOVEN FABRICS; POLYPROPYLENES; WEAVING;

GLOBAL WARMING POTENTIAL; LIFECYCLE IMPACT ASSESSMENT; MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGIES; POLYPROPYLENE NONWOVENS; PRODUCTION PROCESS; SEWING TECHNOLOGY; SIMAPRO; TECHNOLOGY PRODUCTS; THERMAL; THERMAL ATTACHMENT;

CARBON FOOTPRINT;

EID: 84879454823     PISSN: 12303666     EISSN: 23007354     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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