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Environmental Technology
Sustainability benchmarking –
the carbon footprint of
upholstery materials for car seats
Jutta Knödler
I-T-G GmbH –Environmental Technology
D-72810 Gomaringen
Buchenstrasse 24
GERMANY
www.ITG-GmbH.de
[email protected]
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The product carbon footprint (CO2-e)
assessment of
- artificial leather
Production of
raw materials - textile
- leather
Production of
Transportation upholstery matrial Life cycle Final disposal
Nutzung im
Entsorgung
Auto
System boundaries
«cradle to grave»
Production of
chemicals
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Composition of artificial leather for car
upholstery
Support material : 12 Weight % =PE/PET-Textile
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Product Carbon Footprint (PCF) for artificial
leather
Step 1: Production of 1 kg = 0.72 m² Textile Support (sheet textiles);
Polyester as woven good
80 MJ/kg
4.1 kg CO2e/kg
knitware
Dyeing/wet-
process/finish
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Product Carbon Footprint (PCF) for artificial
leather
Step 2: Complete production process of artifical leather and CO2-e
emission from cradle to grave
60 MJ/kg PVC
2.65 kg CO2e/kg
2.9 kg CO2e/kg artifical leather
2.1 kg CO2e/m² artifical leather
Production of
PVC-p soft
coating materials Production
process of
88 % artificIal 0.6 kg CO2e/m²
3.9 kg CO2e/kg leather
8.1 kg CO2e/m² Recycling as
2.8 kg CO2e/m² with roller
Transportations products
12 % coater and
Life cycle 0 kg CO2e/m²
Kalander- (equal to leather)
during car use
Production of press
(equal to Leather)
PET-Textile support Disposal
material
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Textile
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Cotton: Product Carbon Footprint (PCF)
Kg CO2/kg or m²
Name of process cotton
Cotton plantage (0.7 – 3.3 kg CO2/kg) 2.0 kg CO2/kg
Production: Spinning, knitting/weaving (3.5 – 7.0 kg/kg) 4.3 kg CO2/kg
Transportation 0.2 kg CO2/kg
Subtotal -per kg textile (0.72 kg/m²) 6.5 kg CO2 /kg Textile
Subtotal -per m² textile 4.7 kg CO2 /m² Textile
Chemical production (equal to leather)* 5.9 kg CO2/m²
Wastewater/waste (equal to leather)* 0.3 kg CO2/m²
Life cycle Automobile (equal to leather)* 8.1 kg CO2/m²
Thermal recycling of renewables (equal to leather)* -0.2 kg CO2/m²
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Textile (polyester): Product carbon footprint for
car upholstery
80 MJ/kg
4.1 kg CO2e/kg
3.0 kg CO2e/m²
25 MJ/kg
Fossil oil to 2.9 kg CO2e/kg
PET-granulate 2.1 kg CO2e/m³
32.6 MJ/kg
incl. feedstock 1.7 kg CO2e/kg
PET-granulate 1.2 kgCO23/m²
To PET-fibre
4.7 kg CO2e/kg
Weaving / 3.4 kg CO2e/m²
knitting
Dyeing / Wet- 0.6 kg CO2e/m²
process
/ Finish
8.1 kg CO2e/m² Recycling as
Transportation
products
(equal to leather) Life cycle
0 kg CO2e/m²
during use of car
(equal to leather)
Disposal
Incineration
SUM (average): 20.6kg CO2e (including incineration) 2.2 kg CO2e/m²
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Leather
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The cattle – a producer of rawhide or
The rawhide – a compulsory accruing waste
product of the meat- and milk industry?
Basic Statements
Results
CAUSATIVE PRINCIPLE:
The emissons from cattle-farming belongs to the meat- and milk industy
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“Cradle to Gate” – CO2-e emissions of beef /
milk production on the farm
(extensive year round field farming in Germany)
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CO2-e/m² rawhide including methan-digestion
Different bovine species with conventional farming methods
“Cradle to Slaughterhouse”
Bovine species Kg CO2-e/ Rawhide ratio Kg CO2-e/ Kg CO2e/ Kg CO2e/ % of
Kg beef* (kg hide/ animal (beef) Rawhide m² hide * spe-
kg total (45% cies
weight slaughter-
weight
Milk cow for 15.3 5% 4475 224 90 65
milk production (10.8 –
36.4)
Bovine for meat 19.7 5% 8865 443 98 25
production (16.0 –
20.2)
Small Beef cow / 15.9 5% 1216 61 61 10
calf (6.0 – 25.5)
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CO2 e-/m² in the tanning process
“Rawhide to Finish Leather” incl. by-processes
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CO2-e Emission as PCF for leather production
“Cradle to Grave” with / without cattlefarming
Cattlefarming incl. digestion with 5% share 93 kg CO2/m² Hide
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CO2-e Emission of leatherproduction
“Cradle to Grave” including and excluding cattlefarming
93 kg CO2 /
m² Leather
Cattle farming
incl.
0.6 kg CO2 / 2.5 kg CO2 / 8.1 kg CO2 / 0.3 kg CO2 /
CH4-emission of
m² Leather m² Leather m² Leather m² Leather
digestion
Thermal
Production disposal of
Life cycle
Transportation process rawhide renewable
(use of the car)
to finish leather energy
Chemical W 0.3 kg CO2 /
W
production A A m² Leather
S T
T E
5.9 kg CO2 /
E R
m² Leather
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CO2-e Emission and PCF of leather for car
upholstery “Craddle to Grave” including
cattlefarming
Lifecycle car
Production 7.2%
2.2%
Chemic.
production
5.8%
Cattlefarming 84.1 %
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CO2-e Emission (PCF) : From slaughterhouse
to grave without cattlefarming
Final thermal
disposal -1.1%
Chemical-
production 36.5%
Life cycle
automotive 45.3%
Production
process 14 %
Transportation
1.7%
Waste-
and waste Employee
water Accessroute
treatment 1.7% 0.4%
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Sustainability benchmarking – the carbon
footprint of upholstery materials for car seats
kg CO2 e/m2 kg CO2 e/m2 kg CO2 e/m2
(Min – Max) (Min – Max) (average)
Name Incl. emission range of Incl. average emission
5.6-28 kg/m2 during of 8.1 kg/m2 during
lifecycle of the car lifecycle of the car
Textile: Polyester 11 – 43 13 – 23 20
Textile: Cotton 16 – 42 18 – 22 19
Artificial Leather 10 – 35 12 – 15 16
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Artifical Leather
Textile-Cotton
Textile-Polyester
Leather (incl. 5%
share from
cattlefarming)
Leather (after
slaughterhouse)
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Thank you for your attention!
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