Woven fabrics of synthetic staple fibres, containing 85% or more by weight of synthetic staple fibres

1. Scope and Applicability

This PCR applies to woven fabrics whose fibre composition contains at least 85% synthetic staple fibres by product mass. It supports foreground data packages for fabric made from purchased yarn through yarn preparation, weaving, inspection, and roll preparation, with wet pretreatment, dyeing, printing, coating, lamination, or finishing included only when performed within the reporting facility boundary.

The PCR covers greige or finished woven fabric supplied at the factory gate when the fabric composition, construction, finish state, width, and mass per unit area are declared. It excludes yarn production, production of man-made fibres or polymers, knitted or tufted fabrics, fabrics primarily made from synthetic filaments, apparel manufacture, distribution, use, and end-of-life. Upstream production of purchased yarn, chemicals, energy, water, and packaging is represented by linked upstream datasets rather than recreated within the foreground processes.

2. Product Category Identity

Field	Value
canonical_pcr_id	pcr.food-products-beverages-and-tobacco-textiles-apparel-and-leather-products.yarn-and-thread-woven-and-tufted-textile-fabrics.woven-fabrics-of-synthetic-staple-fibres-containing-85-or-more-by-weight-of-synthetic-s-59d3e766
classification_refs	CPC 3.0: 26740 (exact)
covered_products	Woven fabrics containing at least 85% synthetic staple fibres by mass, including greige, dyed, printed, coated, laminated, or otherwise finished variants when their treatment route is declared
excluded_products	Synthetic-filament woven fabrics; knitted and tufted fabrics; fabrics with less than 85% synthetic staple fibres by mass; yarn, polymer, fibre, apparel, and made-up textile production
representative_product	A market-average roll of woven fabric made predominantly from polyester, polyamide, acrylic, or other synthetic staple-fibre yarn
production_route	Purchased-yarn receipt and conditioning; warping and optional sizing; weaving; inspection and roll preparation; optional wet pretreatment, coloration, and finishing; packaging at the factory gate
market_state	Greige or finished fabric roll at the manufacturing plant gate; dry mass, finish state, and construction declared

3. Reference Flow

Field	Value
What	Woven fabric containing at least 85% synthetic staple fibres by mass, supplied in the declared greige or finished state
How much	1 kg net dry mass of conforming fabric at the factory gate
How well	Meets the declared fibre composition, weave construction, width, mass per unit area, finish state, and applicable product specification
How long or cycle	One production lot delivered at the factory gate; no service-life duration is assigned to this intermediate product
reference_flow_link	One kilogram of the declared fabric product flow, normalized on net dry mass excluding packaging

Field	Value
Reference amount	1 kg
Reference product flow	Woven fabrics of synthetic staple fibres, containing 85% or more by weight of synthetic staple fibres b72e06e9-57a4-4e56-8c34-10fa61220193
Reference flow property	Mass 93a60a56-a3c8-11da-a746-0800200b9a66
Reference unit group	Units of mass 93a60a57-a4c8-11da-a746-0800200c9a66
Reference unit	kg
Required qualifiers	synthetic staple-fibre mass fraction and polymer type(s); other fibre components; greige or finished state; weave construction; fabric width; mass per unit area; dyeing/printing/coating/lamination/finishing route; recycled-content claim if any; production geography; reporting period

When constructing a foreground data package, the items listed in Required qualifiers must be declared in dataset metadata, process notes, reference flow comment, product description, or an equivalent data package field. Missing required qualifiers make the reference flow definition incomplete for that data package.

4. Measurement and Unit Rules

rule_id	Applies to	Required property	Required unit	Rule
reference_dry_mass	Reference fabric output	Mass 93a60a56-a3c8-11da-a746-0800200b9a66	kg	Normalize all inventory results to 1 kg net dry conforming fabric; exclude packaging and separately report measured moisture basis and any conversion to dry mass.
fibre_composition_mass_fraction	Product-category eligibility	Mass fraction	% by mass	Verify by supplier certificate, bill of materials, or laboratory result that synthetic staple fibres are at least 85% of the declared fabric mass.
fabric_area_conversion	Area-based production records	Mass and area	kg and m2	Convert area-based records using lot-specific measured mass per unit area; do not substitute a generic conversion factor without disclosure.
process_normalization	All process inputs and outputs	Mass or metered activity	kg, kWh, MJ, m3, or pollutant-specific mass	Normalize from the same reporting period and production denominator, and document any meter, batch, or line allocation used.

5. System Boundary

rule_id	Applies to	Rule	source_ids
foreground_gate_boundary	foreground_system_boundary	Include all on-site yarn preparation, warping, sizing, weaving, inspection, roll preparation, and packaging activities from purchased-yarn receipt to the declared fabric at the plant gate; include wet and thermal treatments when performed on site.	eu-textiles-bat-2022; eu-textiles-bref-2023
purchased_input_linkage	upstream_product_inputs	Record purchased yarn, chemicals, energy carriers, water, and packaging as product inputs and link each material input to a geographically and technologically representative upstream dataset.	eu-pef-recommendation-2021
conditional_route_disclosure	conditional_processes	Declare whether sizing, desizing, washing, dyeing, printing, coating, lamination, heat-setting, and finishing occur on site, off site, or not at all; do not silently omit an activity required to reach the declared market state.	eu-textiles-bat-2022
direct_release_boundary	elementary_and_waste_flows	Record on-site air emissions and direct water emissions as elementary outputs; record wastewater sent to external treatment and solid residues sent to waste management as waste outputs, with destination and treatment route.	eu-textiles-bat-2022

Boundary Abstraction

Field	Value
declared_starting_condition	Purchased synthetic staple-fibre yarn and any other component yarn are received at the reporting facility gate with composition, mass, moisture basis, supplier, and origin declared.
starting_condition_role	The purchased yarn is the upstream product input and the starting material for foreground fabric manufacture.
product_classification_scope	Woven fabric containing at least 85% synthetic staple fibres by mass; CPC 3.0 code 26740 is classification context, not the canonical PCR identity.
recursive_input_rule	If a same-category woven fabric is used as an input, keep it as an explicit product input with its own upstream dataset; do not recursively reproduce its manufacture inside this foreground package.
upstream_dataset_requirement	Use representative upstream datasets for purchased yarn, other fibres or yarns, sizing agents, dyes and auxiliaries, fuels, electricity, water, packaging, and external waste treatment; disclose geography, technology, and temporal fit.
disclosure	Declare facility, reporting period, loom technology, fabric construction, composition, finish state, included on-site treatments, off-site treatments, allocation, recycled content, and data gaps.

6. Process Inventory Structure

Process Map

process_id	process_name	inclusion	inclusion_condition	role	quantitative_reference
yarn_preparation	Yarn receipt, conditioning, warping, and sizing	required	Sizing inputs are conditional when no size is applied	Prepare purchased warp and weft yarn for weaving	kg prepared yarn
weaving	Weaving	required	Always included for conforming woven fabric	Interlace warp and weft into greige fabric	kg greige fabric
wet_finishing	Wet pretreatment, coloration, and finishing	conditional	Include each operation performed on site to achieve the declared product state	Convert greige fabric to treated or finished fabric	kg treated fabric
inspection_packaging	Inspection, mending, roll preparation, and packaging	required	Packaging inputs apply when supplied with the product	Produce the conforming factory-gate fabric roll	kg conforming fabric

Process: Yarn receipt, conditioning, warping, and sizing (yarn_preparation)

Inputs

Product flows

Purchased polyester staple-fibre yarn (purchased_synthetic_yarn)

Purchased polyester staple-fibre yarn is the representative synthetic yarn input. A facility using polyamide, acrylic, polypropylene, or another synthetic staple-fibre yarn must add one separate atomic product-flow row for each actual yarn identity.

• Selected flow: Polyester staple-fibre yarn
• Flow property / unit: Mass / kg
• Amount rule: measured received dry mass assigned to the production lot
• Value mode: Foreground record (foreground_record)
• Specificity: Product-specific (product_specific)
• Normalization basis: per kg prepared yarn output
• Basis kind: Process output (process_output)
• Evidence kind: Collected record (collected_record)
• Collection protocol: cp_material_mass_balance

Purchased cotton yarn (other_component_yarn)

Record purchased cotton yarn only when it is used as the non-synthetic component. Each other component yarn used by the facility must be represented by its own atomic row, and the finished product must still meet the 85% composition threshold.

• Selected flow: Cotton yarn
• Flow property / unit: Mass / kg
• Amount rule: measured received dry mass assigned to the production lot
• Value mode: Foreground record (foreground_record)
• Specificity: Product-specific (product_specific)
• Normalization basis: per kg prepared yarn output
• Basis kind: Process output (process_output)
• Evidence kind: Collected record (collected_record)
• Collection protocol: cp_material_mass_balance

Polyvinyl alcohol sizing agent (sizing_chemicals)

Record polyvinyl alcohol used as warp size by commercial grade and active content. Any starch, polyacrylate, lubricant, antistatic agent, or other preparation chemical used must be added as its own atomic product-flow row.

• Selected flow: Polyvinyl alcohol cea707dd-98a3-451d-bc43-2dcc145091e9
• Flow property / unit: Mass / kg
• Amount rule: batch issue quantity minus documented return or recovery
• Value mode: Foreground record (foreground_record)
• Specificity: Product-specific (product_specific)
• Normalization basis: per kg prepared yarn output
• Basis kind: Process output (process_output)
• Evidence kind: Collected record (collected_record)
• Collection protocol: cp_chemical_use
• Sources: eu-textiles-bat-2022

Electricity for preparation equipment (preparation_electricity)

Include electricity for conditioning, winding, warping, sizing, ventilation, and allocated auxiliary equipment.

• Selected flow: Electricity, at facility
• Flow property / unit: Energy / kWh
• Amount rule: submetered consumption or documented line-level allocation
• Value mode: Foreground record (foreground_record)
• Specificity: Site-specific (site_specific)
• Normalization basis: per kg prepared yarn output
• Basis kind: Process output (process_output)
• Evidence kind: Collected record (collected_record)
• Collection protocol: cp_energy_use
• Sources: eu-textiles-bat-2022

Waste flows

Elementary flows

Outputs

Product flows

Prepared sized polyester warp yarn (prepared_yarn)

Prepared sized polyester warp yarn is the internal warp intermediate transferred to weaving. Prepared weft yarn, when separately tracked, is represented by a distinct dataset row.

• Selected flow: Prepared sized polyester warp yarn
• Flow property / unit: Mass / kg
• Amount rule: dry input yarn plus retained size minus recorded yarn and size losses
• Value mode: Calculated value (calculated_value)
• Specificity: Product-specific (product_specific)
• Normalization basis: per kg prepared yarn output
• Basis kind: Process output (process_output)
• Evidence kind: Calculated from collection (calculated_from_collection)
• Collection protocol: cp_material_mass_balance

Waste flows

Polyester yarn ends from preparation (preparation_waste)

Record polyester yarn ends removed during winding, warping, or sizing. Sweepings, unusable cones, and sizing residues are separate waste identities and must not be merged into this row.

• Selected flow: Polyester yarn ends from preparation
• Flow property / unit: Mass / kg
• Amount rule: weighed waste removed from the preparation process
• Value mode: Foreground record (foreground_record)
• Specificity: Site-specific (site_specific)
• Normalization basis: per kg prepared yarn output
• Basis kind: Process output (process_output)
• Evidence kind: Collected record (collected_record)
• Collection protocol: cp_waste_and_recovery

Elementary flows

Process: Weaving (weaving)

Inputs

Product flows

Prepared sized polyester warp-yarn input (weaving_yarn_input)

Record the prepared sized polyester warp yarn transferred to each weaving lot. Each distinct weft-yarn identity is recorded in a separate atomic product-flow row in the produced data package.

• Selected flow: Prepared sized polyester warp yarn
• Flow property / unit: Mass / kg
• Amount rule: measured or inventory-reconciled dry mass issued to weaving
• Value mode: Foreground record (foreground_record)
• Specificity: Product-specific (product_specific)
• Normalization basis: per kg greige fabric output
• Basis kind: Process output (process_output)
• Evidence kind: Collected record (collected_record)
• Collection protocol: cp_material_mass_balance

Electricity for looms and weaving auxiliaries (weaving_electricity)

Include loom drives, air compressors for air-jet looms, humidification, ventilation, and directly attributable auxiliaries.

• Selected flow: Electricity, at facility
• Flow property / unit: Energy / kWh
• Amount rule: submetered consumption or documented equipment-power and operating-time calculation
• Value mode: Foreground record (foreground_record)
• Specificity: Technology-specific (technology_specific)
• Normalization basis: per kg greige fabric output
• Basis kind: Process output (process_output)
• Evidence kind: Collected record (collected_record)
• Collection protocol: cp_energy_use
• Sources: eu-textiles-bat-2022

Compressed air for air-jet looms (weaving_compressed_air)

Include compressed air delivered to air-jet looms when that loom technology is used; omit this row only when no compressed-air loom or other direct weaving demand exists.

• Selected flow: Compressed air 46e2b1e4-5a4e-4579-b6a2-65b03f9ce825
• Flow property / unit: Volume / m3
• Amount rule: submetered compressed-air volume or documented compressor delivery allocated to the weaving lot
• Value mode: Foreground record (foreground_record)
• Specificity: Technology-specific (technology_specific)
• Normalization basis: per kg greige fabric output
• Basis kind: Process output (process_output)
• Evidence kind: Collected record (collected_record)
• Collection protocol: cp_energy_use
• Sources: eu-textiles-bat-2022

Waste flows

Elementary flows

PM2.5 released from weaving (weaving_dust_air)

Record measured PM2.5 released after abatement when it crosses the environment boundary. Other measured particle-size fractions are separate elementary-flow rows; do not duplicate captured dust reported as waste.

• Selected flow: Particulate matter, less than 2.5 µm, to air, unspecified 08a91e70-3ddc-11dd-9293-0050c2490048
• Flow property / unit: Mass / kg
• Amount rule: measured mass flow integrated over operating time or documented site emission calculation
• Value mode: Calculated value (calculated_value)
• Specificity: Site-specific (site_specific)
• Normalization basis: per kg greige fabric output
• Basis kind: Process output (process_output)
• Evidence kind: Calculated from collection (calculated_from_collection)
• Collection protocol: cp_emissions_monitoring
• Sources: eu-textiles-bat-2022

Outputs

Product flows

Greige woven fabric (greige_fabric)

Greige fabric is the woven intermediate before optional wet processing or final inspection.

• Selected flow: Greige woven fabric of synthetic staple fibres
• Flow property / unit: Mass / kg
• Amount rule: weighed net dry conforming and off-grade greige fabric produced
• Value mode: Foreground record (foreground_record)
• Specificity: Product-specific (product_specific)
• Normalization basis: per kg greige fabric output
• Basis kind: Process output (process_output)
• Evidence kind: Collected record (collected_record)
• Collection protocol: cp_material_mass_balance

Waste flows

Polyester woven-fabric selvedge waste (weaving_textile_waste)

Record polyester woven-fabric selvedge waste removed during weaving or edge trimming. Yarn breaks, loom-start waste, and other fibre compositions are separate waste rows.

• Selected flow: Polyester woven-fabric selvedge waste
• Flow property / unit: Mass / kg
• Amount rule: weighed waste removed from weaving and trimming
• Value mode: Foreground record (foreground_record)
• Specificity: Site-specific (site_specific)
• Normalization basis: per kg greige fabric output
• Basis kind: Process output (process_output)
• Evidence kind: Collected record (collected_record)
• Collection protocol: cp_waste_and_recovery
• Sources: eu-textiles-bat-2022

Elementary flows

Process: Wet pretreatment, coloration, and finishing (wet_finishing)

Inputs

Product flows

Greige fabric for treatment (wet_process_fabric_input)

Include this input only when washing, desizing, dyeing, printing, coating, lamination, heat-setting, or finishing is performed on site.

• Selected flow: Greige woven fabric of synthetic staple fibres
• Flow property / unit: Mass / kg
• Amount rule: measured dry mass charged to the treatment line
• Value mode: Foreground record (foreground_record)
• Specificity: Product-specific (product_specific)
• Normalization basis: per kg treated fabric output
• Basis kind: Process output (process_output)
• Evidence kind: Collected record (collected_record)
• Collection protocol: cp_material_mass_balance

Process water (wet_process_water)

Record water supplied to washing, desizing, dyeing, rinsing, finishing, and equipment cleaning, net of metered reuse returned to the same process denominator.

• Selected flow: Process water 68ac99df-f4b9-43b9-8da3-661c7d51f356
• Flow property / unit: Mass / kg
• Amount rule: metered water volume converted with the measured or declared water density, minus separately metered water reused or recycled to the process
• Value mode: Foreground record (foreground_record)
• Specificity: Technology-specific (technology_specific)
• Normalization basis: per tonne of textile material treated and converted to the reference flow
• Basis kind: Process output (process_output)
• Evidence kind: Collected record (collected_record)
• Collection protocol: cp_water_and_wastewater
• Sources: eu-textiles-bat-2022
• Range: Synthetic-material washing yearly-average water-intensity screen
  • Range role: QA guardrail (qa_guardrail)
  • Lower: 5
  • Upper: 20
  • Unit: m3
  • Basis: per tonne of synthetic material washed
  • Basis kind: Process output (process_output)
  • Evidence kind: External source (external_source)
  • Sources: eu-textiles-bat-2022
• Range: Fabric batch-dyeing yearly-average water-intensity screen
  • Range role: QA guardrail (qa_guardrail)
  • Lower: 10
  • Upper: 150
  • Unit: m3
  • Basis: per tonne of fabric batch dyed
  • Basis kind: Process output (process_output)
  • Evidence kind: External source (external_source)
  • Sources: eu-textiles-bat-2022
• Range: Continuous-dyeing yearly-average water-intensity screen
  • Range role: QA guardrail (qa_guardrail)
  • Lower: 2
  • Upper: 16
  • Unit: m3
  • Basis: per tonne of textile material continuously dyed
  • Basis kind: Process output (process_output)
  • Evidence kind: External source (external_source)
  • Sources: eu-textiles-bat-2022

Sodium hydroxide (wet_process_chemicals)

Record sodium hydroxide used for scouring, pH adjustment, or another declared wet-processing step by product strength and active content.

• Selected flow: Sodium hydroxide e0abcced-0611-4c24-9290-5a2c5a0c4169
• Flow property / unit: Mass / kg
• Amount rule: issued quantity minus documented return, recovery, or unused remainder
• Value mode: Foreground record (foreground_record)
• Specificity: Product-specific (product_specific)
• Normalization basis: per kg treated fabric output
• Basis kind: Process output (process_output)
• Evidence kind: Collected record (collected_record)
• Collection protocol: cp_chemical_use
• Sources: eu-textiles-bat-2022

Hydrogen peroxide solution, 50% in water (hydrogen_peroxide_50)

Record 50% hydrogen peroxide solution when used for bleaching or oxidative treatment; another supplied concentration is a different product-flow identity.

• Selected flow: Hydrogen peroxide solution, 50% in water afda772f-b130-4c32-9a89-c4e79ba4e0e8
• Flow property / unit: Mass / kg
• Amount rule: issued product mass minus documented return or unused remainder
• Value mode: Foreground record (foreground_record)
• Specificity: Product-specific (product_specific)
• Normalization basis: per kg treated fabric output
• Basis kind: Process output (process_output)
• Evidence kind: Collected record (collected_record)
• Collection protocol: cp_chemical_use
• Sources: eu-textiles-bat-2022

Acetic acid (acetic_acid)

Record acetic acid used for bath pH control, neutralisation, or a declared finishing recipe; supplied solutions of a declared concentration must remain distinguishable in the foreground records.

• Selected flow: Acetic acid e2450fd4-acdc-4ab3-b8e3-269f8882a44e
• Flow property / unit: Mass / kg
• Amount rule: issued product mass minus documented return or unused remainder
• Value mode: Foreground record (foreground_record)
• Specificity: Product-specific (product_specific)
• Normalization basis: per kg treated fabric output
• Basis kind: Process output (process_output)
• Evidence kind: Collected record (collected_record)
• Collection protocol: cp_chemical_use
• Sources: eu-textiles-bat-2022

C.I. Disperse Blue 56 dye (disperse_blue_56)

Record this dye only when the supplier identity or colour-index declaration confirms C.I. Disperse Blue 56. Every other dye, carrier, surfactant, salt, alkali, reducing agent, coating, binder, or finishing agent is a separate atomic product-flow row.

• Selected flow: C.I. Disperse Blue 56
• Flow property / unit: Mass / kg
• Amount rule: issued product mass minus documented return or unused remainder
• Value mode: Foreground record (foreground_record)
• Specificity: Product-specific (product_specific)
• Normalization basis: per kg treated fabric output
• Basis kind: Process output (process_output)
• Evidence kind: Collected record (collected_record)
• Collection protocol: cp_chemical_use
• Sources: eu-textiles-bat-2022

Purchased steam for wet and finishing operations (wet_process_thermal_energy)

Include purchased steam used for drying, curing, thermofixation, or heat-setting. Record steam mass and state; calculate useful energy from documented pressure, temperature, condensate return, and enthalpy. Any directly burned fuel or other purchased heat is a separate atomic row.

• Selected flow: Steam 293f9fd9-5182-4d35-8aa5-ce73d4f322b7
• Flow property / unit: Mass / kg
• Amount rule: metered purchased steam mass, with useful energy calculated separately from documented steam and condensate state
• Value mode: Foreground record (foreground_record)
• Specificity: Technology-specific (technology_specific)
• Normalization basis: per tonne of textile material thermally treated and converted to the reference flow
• Basis kind: Process output (process_output)
• Evidence kind: Collected record (collected_record)
• Collection protocol: cp_energy_use
• Sources: eu-textiles-bat-2022
• Range: Thermal-treatment yearly-average specific-energy screen
  • Range role: QA guardrail (qa_guardrail)
  • Lower: 0.5
  • Upper: 4.4
  • Unit: MWh
  • Basis: per tonne of textile material thermally treated
  • Basis kind: Process output (process_output)
  • Evidence kind: External source (external_source)
  • Sources: eu-textiles-bat-2022

Waste flows

Elementary flows

Outputs

Product flows

Treated or finished fabric (treated_fabric)

Record the dry mass transferred to inspection and declare each treatment that establishes the output state.

• Selected flow: Treated or finished woven fabric of synthetic staple fibres
• Flow property / unit: Mass / kg
• Amount rule: measured net dry output mass by treatment lot
• Value mode: Foreground record (foreground_record)
• Specificity: Product-specific (product_specific)
• Normalization basis: per kg treated fabric output
• Basis kind: Process output (process_output)
• Evidence kind: Collected record (collected_record)
• Collection protocol: cp_material_mass_balance

Waste flows

Wastewater sent to treatment (wet_process_wastewater)

Record flow, treatment destination, and relevant pollutant loads for wastewater leaving the foreground facility for treatment.

• Selected flow: Wastewater, textile wet processing, to water a60031a7-ea29-49ef-b578-90de910fcf8e
• Flow property / unit: Mass / kg
• Amount rule: metered wastewater volume converted with measured or declared density, with pollutant characterization for the reporting period
• Value mode: Foreground record (foreground_record)
• Specificity: Site-specific (site_specific)
• Normalization basis: per kg treated fabric output
• Basis kind: Process output (process_output)
• Evidence kind: Collected record (collected_record)
• Collection protocol: cp_water_and_wastewater
• Sources: eu-textiles-bat-2022

Elementary flows

Chemical oxygen demand discharged to water (direct_water_emissions)

When wastewater is discharged directly to the environment, report chemical oxygen demand after on-site treatment; do not duplicate loads embedded in wastewater sent to external treatment. Every other relevant pollutant is a separate elementary-flow row.

• Selected flow: Chemical oxygen demand, to water, unspecified e57fc631-2c77-457a-aa30-be79e357792b
• Flow property / unit: Mass / kg
• Amount rule: discharge volume multiplied by representative measured concentration, integrated over the reporting period
• Value mode: Calculated value (calculated_value)
• Specificity: Site-specific (site_specific)
• Normalization basis: per kg treated fabric output
• Basis kind: Process output (process_output)
• Evidence kind: Calculated from collection (calculated_from_collection)
• Collection protocol: cp_emissions_monitoring
• Sources: eu-textiles-bat-2022

Fossil carbon dioxide from thermal treatment (thermal_air_emissions)

When fossil fuel is burned on site, report fossil carbon dioxide released from the relevant thermal-treatment or combustion outlet. Carbon monoxide, nitrogen oxides, particulate fractions, volatile organic compounds, and other monitored pollutants are separate elementary-flow rows.

• Selected flow: Carbon dioxide, fossil, to air, unspecified 08a91e70-3ddc-11dd-923d-0050c2490048
• Flow property / unit: Mass / kg
• Amount rule: measured mass flow integrated over operating time or documented site emission calculation
• Value mode: Calculated value (calculated_value)
• Specificity: Site-specific (site_specific)
• Normalization basis: per kg treated fabric output
• Basis kind: Process output (process_output)
• Evidence kind: Calculated from collection (calculated_from_collection)
• Collection protocol: cp_emissions_monitoring
• Sources: eu-textiles-bat-2022

Process: Inspection, mending, roll preparation, and packaging (inspection_packaging)

Inputs

Product flows

Greige fabric for final inspection (inspection_fabric_input)

Record greige woven fabric when no wet processing occurs on site. Do not use this row for a treated or finished input.

• Selected flow: Greige woven fabric of synthetic staple fibres
• Flow property / unit: Mass / kg
• Amount rule: measured dry mass transferred to final inspection
• Value mode: Foreground record (foreground_record)
• Specificity: Product-specific (product_specific)
• Normalization basis: per kg conforming fabric output
• Basis kind: Process output (process_output)
• Evidence kind: Collected record (collected_record)
• Collection protocol: cp_material_mass_balance

Treated fabric for final inspection (inspection_treated_fabric_input)

Record treated woven fabric transferred from the on-site wet-finishing process. Omit this row when the product remains greige.

• Selected flow: Treated woven fabric of synthetic staple fibres
• Flow property / unit: Mass / kg
• Amount rule: measured dry mass transferred from wet finishing to final inspection
• Value mode: Foreground record (foreground_record)
• Specificity: Product-specific (product_specific)
• Normalization basis: per kg conforming fabric output
• Basis kind: Process output (process_output)
• Evidence kind: Collected record (collected_record)
• Collection protocol: cp_material_mass_balance

Corrugated cardboard packaging (packaging_materials)

Record corrugated-cardboard cores, sleeves, or boxes supplied with the fabric product. Each other packaging component is a separate product-flow row.

• Selected flow: Corrugated cardboard 8bde297e-98df-463f-bcb4-0db52bf6e0b5
• Flow property / unit: Mass / kg
• Amount rule: issued packaging mass assigned to shipped conforming fabric
• Value mode: Foreground record (foreground_record)
• Specificity: Product-specific (product_specific)
• Normalization basis: per kg conforming fabric output
• Basis kind: Process output (process_output)
• Evidence kind: Collected record (collected_record)
• Collection protocol: cp_packaging_records

Polyethylene wrapping film (polyethylene_packaging_film)

Record polyethylene film wrapped around the finished roll when it is supplied with the product.

• Selected flow: Polyethylene film e64eb06c-6dc9-45f1-b003-3dc6c44b27e2
• Flow property / unit: Mass / kg
• Amount rule: issued polyethylene-film mass assigned to shipped conforming fabric
• Value mode: Foreground record (foreground_record)
• Specificity: Product-specific (product_specific)
• Normalization basis: per kg conforming fabric output
• Basis kind: Process output (process_output)
• Evidence kind: Collected record (collected_record)
• Collection protocol: cp_packaging_records

Polypropylene strapping (polypropylene_strapping)

Record polypropylene strapping used to secure the fabric roll or pallet. Polypropylene twine and cable ties are different product identities and must not be substituted.

• Selected flow: Polypropylene strapping
• Flow property / unit: Mass / kg
• Amount rule: issued polypropylene-strapping mass assigned to shipped conforming fabric
• Value mode: Foreground record (foreground_record)
• Specificity: Product-specific (product_specific)
• Normalization basis: per kg conforming fabric output
• Basis kind: Process output (process_output)
• Evidence kind: Collected record (collected_record)
• Collection protocol: cp_packaging_records

Wooden pallet (wooden_pallet)

Record the wooden pallet supplied with the shipment; reusable-pallet ownership and return arrangements must be declared.

• Selected flow: Wooden pallet 4b49871e-95be-4e0c-9223-9902f9eaa763
• Flow property / unit: Mass / kg
• Amount rule: pallet mass assigned to shipped conforming fabric after applying the declared reuse convention
• Value mode: Foreground record (foreground_record)
• Specificity: Product-specific (product_specific)
• Normalization basis: per kg conforming fabric output
• Basis kind: Process output (process_output)
• Evidence kind: Collected record (collected_record)
• Collection protocol: cp_packaging_records

Electricity for inspection and roll preparation (inspection_electricity)

Include inspection machines, mending, rolling, cutting, local extraction, and allocated auxiliary electricity.

• Selected flow: Electricity, at facility
• Flow property / unit: Energy / kWh
• Amount rule: submetered consumption or documented equipment-power and operating-time calculation
• Value mode: Foreground record (foreground_record)
• Specificity: Site-specific (site_specific)
• Normalization basis: per kg conforming fabric output
• Basis kind: Process output (process_output)
• Evidence kind: Collected record (collected_record)
• Collection protocol: cp_energy_use

Waste flows

Elementary flows

Outputs

Product flows

Conforming woven fabric at factory gate (reference_fabric_output)

This is the reference product flow. Net dry mass excludes packaging and is accompanied by all required qualifiers.

• Selected flow: Woven fabrics of synthetic staple fibres, containing 85% or more by weight of synthetic staple fibres b72e06e9-57a4-4e56-8c34-10fa61220193
• Flow property / unit: Mass 93a60a56-a3c8-11da-a746-0800200b9a66 / kg
• Amount rule: 1 kg net dry conforming fabric
• Value mode: Fixed value (fixed_value)
• Specificity: Product-specific (product_specific)
• Normalization basis: per reference flow
• Basis kind: Reference flow (reference_flow)
• Evidence kind: Identity reference (identity_reference)

Waste flows

Off-grade woven synthetic staple-fibre fabric (final_textile_waste)

Record rejected off-grade woven synthetic staple-fibre fabric. Inspection cuttings and edge trims are separate waste identities and must be added as separate atomic rows when generated.

• Selected flow: Off-grade woven synthetic staple-fibre fabric
• Flow property / unit: Mass / kg
• Amount rule: weighed waste removed during inspection, trimming, and roll preparation
• Value mode: Foreground record (foreground_record)
• Specificity: Site-specific (site_specific)
• Normalization basis: per kg conforming fabric output
• Basis kind: Process output (process_output)
• Evidence kind: Collected record (collected_record)
• Collection protocol: cp_waste_and_recovery
• Sources: eu-textiles-bat-2022

Elementary flows

7. Allocation and Co-product Handling

rule_id	Applies to	Rule	source_ids
avoid_allocation_by_subdivision	independently_meterable_lines_and_batches	First subdivide processes and use line-, machine-, batch-, or product-specific measurements so shared burdens are avoided where practicable.	eu-pef-recommendation-2021
shared_utility_causal_allocation	shared_energy_water_air_and_treatment	Allocate shared utilities and treatment burdens using a documented causal driver such as metered consumption, machine operating time and rated load, compressed-air demand, or wastewater volume and pollutant load.	eu-textiles-bat-2022; eu-pef-recommendation-2021
mass_allocation_fallback	inseparable_fabric_outputs	If causal subdivision is not feasible and multiple fabric grades are jointly produced, allocate remaining burdens by net dry output mass and disclose why physical mass is an appropriate fallback; do not allocate burdens to internal scrap that is immediately returned to the same process.	eu-pef-recommendation-2021
recovered_material_disclosure	exported_scrap_recovered_size_and_heat	Report recovered yarn, fabric scrap, sizing agent, water, solvent, or heat separately and disclose the selected downstream recycling or substitution method; do not claim an avoided burden without the downstream modelling rule.	eu-textiles-bat-2022; eu-pef-recommendation-2021

8. Foreground Data Collection, Calculation, and Quality Rules

Data Collection Protocols

protocol_id	process_id	flow_role	record_type	raw_fields	collection_method	unit	frequency	temporal_coverage	site_scope	aggregation_rule	quality_evidence
cp_material_mass_balance	yarn_preparation; weaving; wet_finishing; inspection_packaging	Material inputs, intermediates, conforming output	Scale tickets, production orders, inventory movements, quality records	lot_id; material_id; fibre composition; wet_mass; moisture; dry_mass; input/output/rework status; timestamp	Calibrated scales and lot-level inventory reconciliation	kg dry mass	Each lot, aggregated monthly	At least 12 representative consecutive months or the complete shorter campaign	All included lines and facilities	Sum dry input and output by process and lot; reconcile stock change, rework, and waste; normalize to conforming output	Scale calibration, supplier composition evidence, moisture method, and signed reconciliation
cp_chemical_use	yarn_preparation; wet_finishing	Sizing, dyes, auxiliaries, and finishes	Batch recipe, issue/return log, supplier specification	chemical_id; active_content; issued_mass; returned_mass; recovered_mass; batch_id; hazard classification	Batch-level material issue and return reconciliation	kg product and kg active substance	Each batch	Same period as production data	All included preparation and wet-processing lines	Net use equals issued minus returned and recovered quantity; normalize to treated output	Recipe approval, stock reconciliation, supplier safety and technical data
cp_energy_use	all foreground processes	Electricity, fuel, steam, and useful heat	Meters, invoices, fuel logs, operating records	meter_id; start/end reading; energy carrier; fuel quantity; heating value; recovered_heat; machine_hours; allocation_driver	Submetering preferred; otherwise documented engineering allocation	kWh, MJ, or MWh	Continuous or each billing period; aggregate monthly	At least 12 representative consecutive months or complete campaign	Facility and included process lines	Subtract documented recovered energy returned to the same process; allocate shared consumption using the declared causal driver	Meter calibration, invoice reconciliation, and allocation worksheet
cp_water_and_wastewater	wet_finishing	Process water and wastewater	Flow meters, batch logs, water balances, discharge records	inlet_volume; reused_volume; recycled_volume; discharge_volume; process; batch_id; sampling_period	Metered water balance by process; characterize wastewater at relevant points	m3 and pollutant-specific mass	Continuous or per batch; aggregate monthly	At least 12 representative consecutive months or complete campaign	All included wet-processing and treatment units	Net process water equals inlet minus separately metered reuse/recycling; reconcile discharge, evaporation, product carryover, and stock change	Meter calibration, water-balance closure, sampling and laboratory reports
cp_waste_and_recovery	all foreground processes	Solid and liquid residues, recovered materials	Weighbridge tickets, bins, manifests, recycler receipts	waste_id; mass; moisture; origin_process; hazardous_status; destination; treatment; recovered_quantity	Weigh by waste stream and destination	kg dry mass where relevant	Each shipment; aggregate monthly	Same period as production data	Entire foreground facility	Sum by waste type and route; avoid double counting internal recirculation	Calibrated scale, manifest, and receiving-facility evidence
cp_emissions_monitoring	weaving; wet_finishing	Direct air and water emissions	Stack tests, continuous monitoring, discharge sampling, operating hours	pollutant; concentration; flow; duration; method; detection_limit; abatement_status; sampling_time	Applicable recognized monitoring method and representative sampling	kg pollutant; mg/Nm3; mg/L; m3; h	At permit or BAT-relevant frequency and during representative operation	Same period as production data	All relevant direct release points	Pollutant mass equals representative concentration multiplied by flow and duration; aggregate release points without double counting	Laboratory accreditation, method reference, QA/QC blanks, calibration, and permit report
cp_packaging_records	inspection_packaging	Packaging supplied with product	Packaging bill of materials and issue records	material_id; component; unit_mass; quantity; reusable_flag; shipment_id	Count components and verify representative unit mass	kg	Each shipment or packaging configuration	Same period as production data	All shipped products in scope	Sum material-specific packaging mass and normalize to net dry fabric output	Approved packaging specification and periodic weight check

Calculation Rules

rule_id	Applies to	Formula or rule	Inputs	Output	source_ids
calc_dry_mass	yarn and fabric mass	dry_mass = measured_wet_mass × (1 - moisture_mass_fraction); use the declared measurement basis and preserve measured values	measured_wet_mass; moisture_mass_fraction	kg dry mass
calc_normalized_inventory	every inventory flow	normalized_amount = reporting_period_flow_amount / reporting_period_net_dry_conforming_fabric_output	flow amount; net dry conforming output	amount per kg reference flow	eu-pef-recommendation-2021
calc_fibre_fraction	product eligibility	synthetic_staple_fraction = dry mass of synthetic staple-fibre components / total dry fibre mass × 100	component dry masses or verified composition certificate	% by mass
calc_direct_emission_mass	direct air and water emissions	emission_mass = representative concentration × measured flow × applicable operating or discharge duration, with unit conversion and non-detect treatment disclosed	concentration; flow; duration; unit conversion	kg pollutant	eu-textiles-bat-2022
calc_mass_balance	each process and reporting period	mass_balance_gap = material inputs + opening stock - product outputs - waste outputs - closing stock; separately disclose measured volatile or aqueous losses where material	input/output/waste/stock masses	kg and % of inputs	eu-textiles-bat-2022

Data Quality Requirements

requirement_id	Applies to	Requirement	Evidence
dq_product_identity	reference product and material inputs	Retain lot-level composition, polymer type, staple-fibre evidence, construction, finish state, width, mass per unit area, and supplier or production identity.	Product specification, supplier certificate, bill of materials, and lot quality record
dq_temporal_representativeness	all foreground records	Use a representative continuous 12-month period where available; for shorter campaigns disclose dates, production coverage, seasonality, and reasons the period is representative.	Production calendar, meter coverage, and campaign record
dq_technology_geography	process and upstream datasets	Identify loom type, wet-processing technology, abatement, facility geography, and upstream dataset geography and technology; justify proxies.	Equipment register, process flow sheet, and dataset metadata
dq_completeness	inputs, outputs, wastes, and direct emissions	Reconcile material, water, and energy inventories; document excluded flows and demonstrate that conditional operations match the declared market state.	Signed balances, inventory-of-inputs-and-outputs review, and exclusion log
dq_measurement_traceability	measured and calculated amounts	Preserve raw readings, calibration status, formulas, allocation drivers, sampling methods, detection-limit handling, and responsible person.	Calibration certificates, laboratory reports, invoices, and calculation workbook
dq_external_verifiability	published data package	Make source references, foreground protocols, quality disclosures, and calculation lineage available for independent review without exposing protected commercial data.	Verification package and reviewer record

9. Validation Rules

rule_id	Applies to	Rule	source_ids
validate_category_composition	reference_product	Confirm that synthetic staple fibres comprise at least 85% by mass and that the product is woven rather than knitted, tufted, or primarily filament-based.	un-cpc-3.0-2025
validate_reference_identity	reference_flow	Confirm product-flow UUID b72e06e9-57a4-4e56-8c34-10fa61220193, Mass flow-property UUID 93a60a56-a3c8-11da-a746-0800200b9a66, mass unit-group UUID 93a60a57-a4c8-11da-a746-0800200c9a66, and 1 kg net dry reference amount.
validate_route_coverage	foreground_process_map	Confirm yarn preparation, weaving, inspection, and roll preparation are included and each wet, thermal, coating, printing, lamination, or finishing operation used to reach the declared product state is included or explicitly linked as off-site.	eu-textiles-bat-2022
validate_material_balance	process_inventory	Require a documented material-balance reconciliation for each process and investigate material gaps before publication.	eu-textiles-bat-2022
validate_wet_process_performance	conditional_wet_processing	When applicable, compare yearly-average water intensity on the matching process basis with 5–20 m3/t for synthetic-material washing, 10–150 m3/t for fabric batch dyeing, or 2–16 m3/t for continuous dyeing; values outside the relevant screen require explanation and are not automatically invalid.	eu-textiles-bat-2022
validate_thermal_energy	conditional_thermal_treatment	When thermal treatment is included, compare net yearly-average specific energy with 0.5–4.4 MWh/t of textile material thermally treated; values outside the screen require explanation and are not automatically invalid.	eu-textiles-bat-2022
validate_emission_routing	waste_and_elementary_outputs	Confirm wastewater to external treatment is a waste flow, direct releases are elementary flows, captured residues are waste flows, and no pollutant mass is double counted.	eu-textiles-bat-2022
validate_allocation_and_quality	published_foreground_package	Confirm shared burdens use a disclosed causal driver or justified mass fallback and that temporal, technological, geographical, completeness, and traceability evidence is retained.	eu-pef-recommendation-2021

10. Published Dataset Profile

Field	Value
dataset_role	Foreground production data package for woven synthetic staple-fibre fabric manufacture
downstream_use	secondary_dataset; background_dataset
allowed_use	Product and supply-chain LCA when composition, construction, finish state, technology, geography, reporting period, system boundary, and allocation are compatible with the study
excluded_use	Direct comparison of fabrics with different functions or finish states without equivalence; apparel use-phase claims; polymer or fibre production; knitted, tufted, or synthetic-filament fabric modelling; unsupported facility or regional extrapolation
required_metadata	PCR id; product-flow UUID; composition and polymer types; staple-fibre evidence; construction; greige/finished state; width; mass per unit area; treatment route; loom technology; facility and geography; reporting period; recycled content; allocation; upstream datasets; data owner
required_quality_disclosure	Foreground coverage; meter and scale coverage; dry-mass conversion; mass/water/energy balance results; conditional operations; emission monitoring; allocation drivers; upstream proxy choices; excluded flows; uncertainty and unresolved data gaps
update_trigger	Change in fibre composition or threshold eligibility, yarn source, loom or wet-processing technology, product finish, facility, allocation, abatement, upstream dataset, regulatory requirement, or a material change in water, energy, chemical, waste, or emission intensity

11. Data Sources

Source id	Type	Reference	Used for
un-cpc-3.0-2025	official_guidance	United Nations Statistics Division, Central Product Classification Version 3.0 Explanatory Notes, subclass 26740, https://unstats.un.org/unsd/classifications/Econ/Download/In%20Text/CPC_Ver_3.0_Exp_Notes_30Jun2025.pdf (retrieved 2026-08-12)	Official product-category title, 85% synthetic-staple-fibre threshold, and exclusions from adjacent filament, artificial-staple, special-fabric, and knitted-fabric categories
eu-textiles-bat-2022	official_guidance	European Commission, Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2022/2508 establishing BAT conclusions for the textiles industry, CELEX 32022D2508, https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32022D2508 (retrieved 2026-08-11)	Fabric-production and weaving process scope; input/output inventory; monitoring; chemical, water, energy, waste, wastewater, and air-emission rules; official water and thermal-energy screening ranges
eu-textiles-bref-2023	official_guidance	European Commission Joint Research Centre, Best Available Techniques Reference Document for the Textiles Industry, published January 2023, https://bureau-industrial-transformation.jrc.ec.europa.eu/reference/textiles-industry (retrieved 2026-08-11)	Sector and fibre applicability; process decomposition for synthetic textile materials and finishing routes
eu-pef-recommendation-2021	official_guidance	European Commission, Recommendation (EU) 2021/2279 on the use of the Environmental Footprint methods, CELEX 32021H2279, https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32021H2279 (retrieved 2026-08-11)	Life-cycle dataset modelling, upstream linkage, allocation hierarchy, data quality, disclosure, and verification context