Herausgeber*in: Department of Sustainability Science, LUT University

Autor*in: Jarkko Levänen, Ville Uusitalo, Anna Härri, Elisa Kareinen and Lassi Linnane

Schlagwörter: Circular Economy, Geschäftspraktiken, Kreislaufwirtschaft, Lifecycle Analysis, Nachhaltigkeit, Recycling, Reboundeffekt, textile Kette, Treibhausgasemissionen

Kurzbeschreibung:

Using life cycle assessment, the study compares the global warming potential (GWP) of five ownership and end-of-life scenarios for creating and using a pair of jeans. The scenarios are as follows: (a) BASE, i.e. basic use with waste disposal; (b) REDUCE, i.e. extended use; (c) REUSE, i.e. reselling; (d) RECYCLE, i.e. industrial processing into new raw materials; and (e) SHARE, i.e. a rental service. Our results show that the lowest global warming impacts are achieved in the REDUCE scenario, and the second lowest are achieved in the REUSE scenario. The RECYCLE scenario leads to relatively high overall emissions because the replaced emissions from cotton production are relatively low. The use of rental services is likely to increase customers’ mobility, and if that happens in a large scale, then the SHARE scenario has the highest GWP. It was found that many new CE innovations come with a high rebound risk, and existing practices carry similar, yet smaller risks.

Erscheinungsjahr: 2021

Sprache: Englisch

Umfang: 11 Seiten

Zielgruppe: Studierende, Dozierende

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Herausgeber_in: Umweltbundesamt

Autor_in: Martin Ittershagen, Felix Poetschke

Zielgruppe: Student_innen, Erwachsene

Medien: Hintergrundinformationen

Schlagwörter: Arbeitsbedingungen, Chemikalien, Circular Economy, Fasern, Fast Fashion, Globalisierung, Konsum, Menschenrechte, Nachhaltigkeit, Politik, Produktionsländer, Schadstoffe, Transparenz, Treibhausgasemissionen, Umweltstandards, Umweltschäden, verbindliche Standards

Kurzbeschreibung:

The annual report 2016 of the Federal Environment Agency (Umweltbundesamt) focuses on three topics: Fashion and textiles, environmental costs of products and sustainable consumption.

Fashion and textiles – The prize of beauty: Every year, there are up to twelve new collections in the clothing stores on Germany's high streets. But this fast fashion is having a huge impact on the environment and on the people who live in manufacturing countries.

Environmental costs of products – Money and the environment: A flight to Barcelona for EUR 20, a kilogram of pork for EUR 3 - we're still miles away from full ecological prices. This might cost us dearly in the future. What should the state do?

Sustainable consumption: The dominant lifestyle choices and consumption patterns of people in industrialised countries are increasingly testing the resilience of the global environment.

Erscheinungsjahr: 2016

Umfang: 104 Seiten

Sprache: Englisch

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