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We looked to find environmental impact info for various textiles. We learned a bunch of new terms - LCA (life cycle analysis), BAT (best available technique), ISO 14020 to ISO 14025, etc. We didn't find any comprehensive information (tables, reports, etc.). What we did learn is that even though a textile is from a renewable source (i.e. cotton, wool, linen, etc), that doesn't mean it is the most friendly in terms of energy consumption overall. It seems that the textile industry is just getting in gear to provide this information to consumers, who generally are not yet interested in this information. In the end, we found it impossible to evaluate the "friendliness" of one textile relative to another. The following are some of the factors we encountered:
- it consumes fertilizers, gasoline, etc to produce fibres even from renewable sources
- most products will be transported, more than once (use of gasoline/petrochemicals)
- some textiles will last far longer than others under normal use (so will not have to be replaced as soon)
- some are much more easily cleaned (less damaging cleaners, less often, less energy to heat water, less water, etc.)
For instance, one study (http://www.leidenuniv.nl/interfac/cml/ssp/projects/chainet/abs-kali.pdf) basically determined that in hotel use, 50% polyester/50% cotten sheets and towels had less ecological impact than 100% cotton - basically because they wore better and used less energy to clean and to dry. (At least, I think that's what it said.)
While energy used to dry hammocks is not likely an issue, most of the other variables apply to our various textiles... So it's presently not possible to say that one is more or less friendly than another overall. There is just too little information out there, and too many variables!
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