ECOTEXTILE News magazine has dedicated a special supplement to a study of the environmental sustainability of silk industry conducted, for the first time in depth, by using LCA procedures.
Life Cycle Assessment is a tool used to analyze the environmental impact of a product along all stages of its life cycle.
The Como silk district was subjected to analysis by the experts of Innovhub SSI - Area Seta and SUPSI (University of Applied Sciences and Arts of Southern Switzerland) with the financial support of the EEN network.
Excerpt from the introduction.
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