Discussion on key issues of carbon footprint accounting for bast fiber textiles.

Bast fiber textiles have become increasingly popular as a sustainable alternative in recent years. Although the carbon emissions of bast fiber textiles have been studied using life cycle assessment method, there is a lack of comprehensive literature analyzing and summarizing the results. This study reviews the current state of research on the carbon emissions of bast fiber textiles.

A systematic review of the life cycle environmental performance of cotton textile products.

The production of cotton textiles involves cotton cultivation, ginning, spinning, weaving, knitting, dyeing, finishing, cutting and sewing. It consumes large quantities of freshwater, energy and chemicals, causing serious environmental impacts. The environmental impacts of cotton textiles have been studied extensively through various methods.

Constructing Sandwich-Structured Poly(vinyl alcohol) Composite Films with Thermal Conductive and Electrical Performance.

With the miniaturization and high integration development in microelectronic devices, the problem of heat dissipation has attracted widespread attention. Highly thermal conductive and electrical insulation polymer composites show great advantages to solve the problems of heat dissipation. Nevertheless, the fabrication of polymer composites with both excellent thermal conductivity and electrical performance is still a great challenge.

Carbon footprint assessment of face masks in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic: Based on different protective performance and applicable scenarios.

Widespread concerns have been raised about the huge environmental burden caused by massive consumption of face masks in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. However, most of the existing studies only focus on the environmental impact associated with the product itself regardless of the actual usage scenarios and protective performance of products, resulting in unrealistic conclusions and poor applicability. In this context, this study integrated the product performance into the existing carbon footprint assessment methodology, with focus on the current global concerns regarding climate change.

Assessing environmental impact of NO and SO emissions in textiles production with chemical footprint.

Air pollution is a major concern of the new civilized world due to its adverse impact on human health and environment. As typical air pollutants, nitrogen oxide (NO) and sulfur dioxide (SO) not only pollute the atmosphere by forming acid rain and particulate matter, but are also harmful to the human respiratory system. Significant emissions of NO and SO in the production phases make the textile industry under enormous environmental pressure.

An improved method for assessing environmental impacts caused by chemical pollutants: A case study in textiles production.

The use of chemicals in the textile industry has been widely investigated. This study used an improved method with the USEtox model to assess the environmental impacts of chemical pollutants discharged by the textile industry. The environmental impacts attributed to the discharged chemical pollutants were ranked using a quantity analysis method and a toxicity analysis method.

Water environmental stress, rebound effect, and economic growth of China's textile industry.

The rapid development of China's textile industry (TI) has led to severe water environmental stress. Water environmental stress of China's TI mainly comes from large quantities of discharged wastewater and chemical oxygen demand (COD). The sustainable development of the TI is realized to achieve the decoupling between economic growth and water environmental stress.

Blue and grey water footprint of textile industry in China.

Water footprint (WF) is a newly developed idea that indicates impacts of freshwater appropriation and wastewater discharge. The textile industry is one of the oldest, longest and most complicated industrial chains in the world's manufacturing industries. However, the textile industry is also water intensive.