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title: "7.5 Environmental impact"
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The many processes required to make textiles affect the environmental impact of textile products. In particular, high-temperature processes, use of chemicals and drying generally have a high environmental impact.

However, environmental impact data as published are often difficult to compare because, for example, the functional unit is not comparable, assumptions made are different, etc.


> ℹ️ <u>Publicly accessible information on environmental impact of hemp yarns and textiles:</u>
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> ℹ️ - Cherret et al, 2005. ‘Ecological Footprint and Water Analysis of Cotton, Hemp and Polyester’
> ℹ️   - [https://www.sei.org/ecological-footprint-cotton-hemp-polyester](https://www.sei.org/publications/ecological-footprint-water-analysis-cotton-hemp-polyester/)  (at the bottom of the webpage is the link to the report)
> ℹ️   - 45 pages
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> ℹ️ - Van Eynde, 2015. ‘Comparative Life Cycle Assessment of hemp and cotton fibres used in Chinese textile manufacturing’
> ℹ️   - [https://www.scriptiebank.be/sites/default/files/VanEyndeHannes_KUL_Eindwerk.pdf](https://www.scriptiebank.be/sites/default/files/VanEyndeHannes_KUL_Eindwerk.pdf)
> ℹ️   - 158 pages
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> ℹ️ - Van der Werf & Turunen, 2008. ‘The environmental impacts of the production of hemp and flax textile yarn’
> ℹ️   - [https://blogs.ubc.ca/ecohealth449/files/2011/01/Hemp-yarn.pdf](https://blogs.ubc.ca/ecohealth449/files/2011/01/Hemp-yarn.pdf)
> ℹ️   - 10 pages
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> ℹ️ - EIHA, 2011. ‘Hemp Fibres for Green Products – An assessment of life cycle studies on hemp fibre applications’
> ℹ️   - [https://www.votehemp.com/PDF/11-07-07_META-LCA_Hemp_Fibre_Products.pdf](https://www.votehemp.com/PDF/11-07-07_META-LCA_Hemp_Fibre_Products.pdf)
> ℹ️   - 20 pages