Non-sterile unmedicated absorbent cotton rolls

1. Scope and Applicability

This environmental LCA manufacturing method covers unmedicated, non-sterile hydrophilic pure-cotton wool supplied as a wrapped roll, made from externally supplied virgin ginned cotton lint by alkaline scouring, hydrogen-peroxide bleaching, washing/rinsing, conditional acid finishing, hydro-extraction, drying, lapping/carding, rolling/cutting, packing and quality release. The declared base route purchases steam and electricity and sends wastewater to external treatment. Record actual fibre grade and supply moisture, bleaching/finishing chemistry, drying energy, outsourced operations and each packaging component. The government roadmap supports process decomposition; the independently specified GIMA 34838 roll supports a real non-sterile pure-cotton market state, not proof of GIMA factory chemistry or packaging composition.

Exclude woven gauze, bandages, cotton balls/pads, synthetic or blended fibre, linters/recycled-cotton substitution, drug impregnation, composite/adhesive dressings and sterile products. A different fibre, bleach chemistry, supplied form, sterility or packaging architecture needs separate applicability and inventory assessment; CPC 35279 is broader than this method. No clinical application instruction, efficacy equivalence, absorption-capacity default, service-life default or sterilization operating parameter is supplied. The roadmap also discusses gamma treatment/sterile cotton; those statements cannot be transferred to this non-sterile product. Actual treatment is never erased: if present, retain its supplier, materials, energy, transport, losses and releases and reassess the supplied-state boundary before applying this method.

2. Product Category Identity

Field	Value
canonical_pcr_id	pcr.other-transportable-goods-except-metal-products-machinery-and-equipment.other-chemical-products-man-made-fibres.wadding-gauze-bandages-and-similar-articles
classification_refs	CPC 3.0 35279; classification broader than method; mapping review pending
covered_products	Wrapped, unmedicated non-sterile pure-cotton absorbent wool roll of one declared SKU
excluded_products	Gauze; bandages; balls/pads; other fibres; impregnated/composite/sterile products
representative_product	Non-sterile cotton wool roll, e.g. GIMA 34838; nominal pack size is not a universal measured mass
production_route	Virgin cotton lint; alkaline scour; peroxide bleach; wash; conditional HCl finish; extract; dry; card; roll; cut; pack; release
market_state	Dry-to-declared-moisture non-sterile roll in declared paper/PE packaging; carton when actually included

3. Reference Flow

Field	Value
What	Manufacture the declared non-sterile absorbent pure-cotton roll; a material supply function without a clinical equivalence claim
How much	1 kg net cotton, excluding all packaging, at the declared release moisture
How well	Meet the actual SKU acceptance specification and report its test evidence; no universal absorption or sterility performance is imposed
How long or cycle	One matched actual production/release cohort; no number of uses or lifetime is assumed
reference_flow_link	finished_roll

Field	Value
Reference amount	1
Reference product flow	Wadding, gauze, bandages and similar articles 6014f191-3872-4607-8c5a-c4a216c96724
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	pure cotton fibre grade and origin; virgin ginned lint; supply and release moisture; roll dimensions and actual net cotton mass; non-sterile and unmedicated state; scour and peroxide/finishing formulation; drying and steam supply; outsourced steps; paper and PE grade and actual packaging architecture; release gate and lot cohort; site geography and period; waste/treatment route; storage and dispatch coverage

The reference gate is new positive quality-released output after the declared packing and acceptance steps. Q is not dispatch quantity. Count each physical lot once; returns and reacceptance do not create new production. Missing required qualifiers makes a foreground package incomplete. The broad native reference identity and all its limits are retained in the terminal flow card.

4. Measurement and Unit Rules

rule_id	Applies to	Required property	Required unit	Rule
reference_mass	reference product	Mass 93a60a56-a3c8-11da-a746-0800200b9a66	kg	Weigh unique newly released cotton net of paper, bag and carton at actual release moisture using cp_release; the terminal row is 1 kg.
wet_supply	fibre and commercial solutions	Mass	kg	Record whole supplied wet mass; use independently assayed moisture/concentration for dry fibre, active and carrier-water subledgers only. No duplicate purchase of constituents.
unit_conversion	raw meters and count records	Measured quantity	kg; kWh; t km	Convert mass with actual net pack weights, volume with independently applicable density and conditions, and rates with duration. An already integrated volume has no extra time multiplier. Secondary property factors are not density.

5. System Boundary

Boundary Abstraction

Field	Value
declared_starting_condition	Received virgin ginned cotton lint and separately supplied chemicals, utilities and packaging
starting_condition_role	Externally acquired inputs, with upstream agricultural/ginning burdens
product_classification_scope	Only the qualified non-sterile unmedicated pure-cotton roll subset of CPC 35279
recursive_input_rule	Purchased already purified cotton retains its prior processing burden; disclose the shifted entry gate and do not model purification twice. This is a boundary variant requiring review, not virgin lint by relabelling.
upstream_dataset_requirement	Compatible fibre origin/grade, commercial formulations, utility supply, packaging and outsourced treatment providers; generic identity does not select a provider
disclosure	Declare all included sites, periods, subcontractors, pre-release storage, rejects and post-release ledger coverage; no measured industrial averages are supplied

rule_id	applies_to	rule	source_ids
boundary_operations	manufacture	Include actual opening/cleaning, scour, bleach, all rinses/finishing, extraction, drying, carding, conversion, QC, packing, internal movement and cleaning, including failed runs and rework. Keep purchased heat/electricity and actual outsourced operations once. An onsite boiler, onsite effluent treatment or other energy route requires explicit process expansion with separate fuel, water, chemical, waste and elementary exchanges, not omitted loads.	msme-cotton-wool-roadmap
boundary_gate	production and finished goods	Production ends at new quality release. Do not add closing finished stock of the same released Q as another production output. Maintain opening/closing finished stocks and carried burdens in the separate storage/dispatch ledger; preserve actual storage, packing, handling, freight and returns burdens. When combining ledgers, cancel internal product and burden handoffs. A delivery-gate dataset must use actual net deliveries and matched opening/closing finished inventory with carried burdens; it cannot relabel Q or assume release equals delivery.
boundary_state	supplied state	Non-sterile does not justify deleting actual treatment. Record any real subcontract treatment and its losses; sterile or medicated output is outside this scope until independently reassessed. Exclude clinical use and end of life from this manufacturing dataset and disclose them.	gima-nonsterile-cotton-roll

6. Process Inventory Structure

Process Map

process_id	process_name	inclusion	inclusion_condition	role	quantitative_reference
manufacture	Integrated cotton preparation, conversion, packing and release	required	Declared virgin-cotton/peroxide route	Owns all pre-release raw numerators and new release Q	finished_roll: 1 kg
storage_dispatch	Separate post-release storage and dispatch ledger	conditional	Actual post-release activities included in the reported dataset	Owns its raw loads and finished-stock carried burdens; no new output Q	Same identified released cohort; supplementary load per 1 kg reference flow

Process: Cotton roll manufacture (manufacture)

Inputs

Product flows

Virgin ginned cotton lint (cotton_lint)

Record the received bale grade, origin, moisture and contaminants; this is cotton lint, not linters, yarn, fabric or synthetic fibre.

• Selected flow: Virgin ginned cotton lint
• Flow property / unit: Mass / kg
• Amount rule: A_i / Q, reported once in the original row unit per 1 kg reference flow.
• Value mode: calculated_value
• Specificity: site_specific
• Normalization basis: per 1 kg reference flow
• Basis kind: reference_flow
• Evidence kind: calculated_from_collection
• Collection protocol: cp_materials
• Sources: msme-cotton-wool-roadmap

Sodium hydroxide aqueous solution (caustic_solution)

Whole purchased scouring solution at its assayed supply concentration; constituent NaOH and carrier water are subledgers.

• Selected flow: Sodium hydroxide aqueous solution
• Flow property / unit: Mass / kg
• Amount rule: A_i / Q, reported once in the original row unit per 1 kg reference flow.
• Value mode: calculated_value
• Specificity: site_specific
• Normalization basis: per 1 kg reference flow
• Basis kind: reference_flow
• Evidence kind: calculated_from_collection
• Collection protocol: cp_materials
• Sources: msme-cotton-wool-roadmap

Hydrogen peroxide aqueous solution (peroxide_solution)

Whole purchased peroxide solution for this declared bleaching route, including its actual stabilizer formulation; no hypochlorite substitution.

• Selected flow: Hydrogen peroxide aqueous solution
• Flow property / unit: Mass / kg
• Amount rule: A_i / Q, reported once in the original row unit per 1 kg reference flow.
• Value mode: calculated_value
• Specificity: site_specific
• Normalization basis: per 1 kg reference flow
• Basis kind: reference_flow
• Evidence kind: calculated_from_collection
• Collection protocol: cp_materials
• Sources: msme-cotton-wool-roadmap

Sodium carbonate (soda_ash)

Include only when the actual scouring recipe uses this separately purchased chemical; otherwise document absence.

• Selected flow: Sodium carbonate
• Flow property / unit: Mass / kg
• Amount rule: A_i / Q, reported once in the original row unit per 1 kg reference flow.
• Value mode: calculated_value
• Specificity: site_specific
• Normalization basis: per 1 kg reference flow
• Basis kind: reference_flow
• Evidence kind: calculated_from_collection
• Collection protocol: cp_materials
• Sources: msme-cotton-wool-roadmap

Scouring detergent formulation (detergent)

One identified purchased detergent formulation, with supplier grade and full supply composition; do not invent surfactant species or dose.

• Selected flow: Scouring detergent formulation
• Flow property / unit: Mass / kg
• Amount rule: A_i / Q, reported once in the original row unit per 1 kg reference flow.
• Value mode: calculated_value
• Specificity: site_specific
• Normalization basis: per 1 kg reference flow
• Basis kind: reference_flow
• Evidence kind: calculated_from_collection
• Collection protocol: cp_materials
• Sources: msme-cotton-wool-roadmap

Hydrochloric acid aqueous solution (acid_solution)

Include whole purchased dilute acid only if actually used to remove residual alkalinity; another acid requires its own atomic exchange and route reassessment.

• Selected flow: Hydrochloric acid aqueous solution
• Flow property / unit: Mass / kg
• Amount rule: A_i / Q, reported once in the original row unit per 1 kg reference flow.
• Value mode: calculated_value
• Specificity: site_specific
• Normalization basis: per 1 kg reference flow
• Basis kind: reference_flow
• Evidence kind: calculated_from_collection
• Collection protocol: cp_materials
• Sources: msme-cotton-wool-roadmap

Process water (water)

Meter actual separate water additions for scouring, washing, rinsing and cleaning. Recycled water is an internal loop; solution carrier water is not purchased twice.

• Selected flow: Process water
• Flow property / unit: Mass / kg
• Amount rule: A_i / Q, reported once in the original row unit per 1 kg reference flow.
• Value mode: calculated_value
• Specificity: site_specific
• Normalization basis: per 1 kg reference flow
• Basis kind: reference_flow
• Evidence kind: calculated_from_collection
• Collection protocol: cp_water
• Sources: msme-cotton-wool-roadmap

Purchased process steam (steam)

Use delivered steam mass, inlet and return enthalpy and actual condensate return; purchased steam generation burdens are upstream and are not duplicated as onsite fuel.

• Selected flow: Purchased process steam
• Flow property / unit: Mass / kg
• Amount rule: A_i / Q, reported once in the original row unit per 1 kg reference flow.
• Value mode: calculated_value
• Specificity: site_specific
• Normalization basis: per 1 kg reference flow
• Basis kind: reference_flow
• Evidence kind: calculated_from_collection
• Collection protocol: cp_utilities
• Sources: msme-cotton-wool-roadmap

Purchased electricity (electricity)

Record opening, extraction, dryer, carding, rolling, cutting, sealing, QC, cleaning, failed runs and pre-release handling loads, with actual supply voltage and geography.

• Selected flow: Purchased electricity
• Flow property / unit: Energy / kWh
• Amount rule: A_i / Q, reported once in the original row unit per 1 kg reference flow.
• Value mode: calculated_value
• Specificity: site_specific
• Normalization basis: per 1 kg reference flow
• Basis kind: reference_flow
• Evidence kind: calculated_from_collection
• Collection protocol: cp_utilities
• Sources: msme-cotton-wool-roadmap

Paper interleaf (paper_interleaf)

Record actual paper grade and mass supplied with the roll where used. Packaging is excluded from cotton reference mass but its production, conversion and losses remain included.

• Selected flow: Paper interleaf
• Flow property / unit: Mass / kg
• Amount rule: A_i / Q, reported once in the original row unit per 1 kg reference flow.
• Value mode: calculated_value
• Specificity: site_specific
• Normalization basis: per 1 kg reference flow
• Basis kind: reference_flow
• Evidence kind: calculated_from_collection
• Collection protocol: cp_packaging
• Sources: msme-cotton-wool-roadmap

Polyethylene packaging bag (pe_bag)

Record the actual single heat-sealed polyethylene bag grade and mass. The manufacturer example does not establish its resin grade, thickness or package mass.

• Selected flow: Polyethylene packaging bag
• Flow property / unit: Mass / kg
• Amount rule: A_i / Q, reported once in the original row unit per 1 kg reference flow.
• Value mode: calculated_value
• Specificity: site_specific
• Normalization basis: per 1 kg reference flow
• Basis kind: reference_flow
• Evidence kind: calculated_from_collection
• Collection protocol: cp_packaging
• Sources: msme-cotton-wool-roadmap

Corrugated shipping carton (carton)

Include actual corrugated carton only where supplied in the declared release configuration; do not infer carton count or composition from a sales unit.

• Selected flow: Corrugated shipping carton
• Flow property / unit: Mass / kg
• Amount rule: A_i / Q, reported once in the original row unit per 1 kg reference flow.
• Value mode: calculated_value
• Specificity: site_specific
• Normalization basis: per 1 kg reference flow
• Basis kind: reference_flow
• Evidence kind: calculated_from_collection
• Collection protocol: cp_packaging
• Sources: msme-cotton-wool-roadmap

Outputs

Product flows

Wadding, gauze, bandages and similar articles (finished_roll)

Terminal Product output: only the qualified non-sterile, unmedicated pure-cotton roll. Native name is a broad family, with empty flowProperties name component, Production mix at plant, Finished product manufactured, HS 2022 30.05 comment, no CAS or geography/locationOfSupply field, Product flow type and one Mass property. Its Chinese basename repeats bandages and is retained verbatim; it is not evidence of a gauze or bandage construction. It provides no fibre, sterility, package, performance or provider quantities. Declare all SKU qualifiers independently.

• Selected flow: Wadding, gauze, bandages and similar articles 6014f191-3872-4607-8c5a-c4a216c96724
• Flow property / unit: Mass / kg
• Amount rule: 1 kg
• Value mode: fixed_value
• Specificity: product_specific
• Normalization basis: per 1 kg reference flow
• Basis kind: reference_flow
• Evidence kind: method_formula
• Collection protocol: cp_release
• Sources: gima-nonsterile-cotton-roll

Returned steam condensate (condensate_return)

Record actual condensate crossing the boundary and its enthalpy; internal condensate circulation is not an external exchange or a cotton coproduct.

• Selected flow: Returned steam condensate
• Flow property / unit: Mass / kg
• Amount rule: A_i / Q, reported once in the original row unit per 1 kg reference flow.
• Value mode: calculated_value
• Specificity: site_specific
• Normalization basis: per 1 kg reference flow
• Basis kind: reference_flow
• Evidence kind: calculated_from_collection
• Collection protocol: cp_utilities
• Sources: msme-cotton-wool-roadmap

Waste flows

Rejected cotton fibre (cotton_reject)

Weigh disposed opening/card waste, QC samples and irrecoverable rejects by destination. Internal rework transfers are not discarded waste.

• Selected flow: Rejected cotton fibre
• Flow property / unit: Mass / kg
• Amount rule: A_i / Q, reported once in the original row unit per 1 kg reference flow.
• Value mode: calculated_value
• Specificity: site_specific
• Normalization basis: per 1 kg reference flow
• Basis kind: reference_flow
• Evidence kind: calculated_from_collection
• Collection protocol: cp_waste
• Sources: msme-cotton-wool-roadmap

Cotton-processing wastewater (wastewater)

Measure the combined wet-process effluent and actual composition to external treatment. Carry its treatment burden and transport once; no direct-river emission is invented.

• Selected flow: Cotton-processing wastewater
• Flow property / unit: Mass / kg
• Amount rule: A_i / Q, reported once in the original row unit per 1 kg reference flow.
• Value mode: calculated_value
• Specificity: site_specific
• Normalization basis: per 1 kg reference flow
• Basis kind: reference_flow
• Evidence kind: calculated_from_collection
• Collection protocol: cp_waste
• Sources: msme-cotton-wool-roadmap

Paper interleaf scrap (paper_scrap)

Record this paper scrap separately from cotton and plastic rejects and attach actual treatment.

• Selected flow: Paper interleaf scrap
• Flow property / unit: Mass / kg
• Amount rule: A_i / Q, reported once in the original row unit per 1 kg reference flow.
• Value mode: calculated_value
• Specificity: site_specific
• Normalization basis: per 1 kg reference flow
• Basis kind: reference_flow
• Evidence kind: calculated_from_collection
• Collection protocol: cp_waste
• Sources: msme-cotton-wool-roadmap

Polyethylene bag scrap (pe_scrap)

Record this film scrap separately and attach actual recovery or disposal.

• Selected flow: Polyethylene bag scrap
• Flow property / unit: Mass / kg
• Amount rule: A_i / Q, reported once in the original row unit per 1 kg reference flow.
• Value mode: calculated_value
• Specificity: site_specific
• Normalization basis: per 1 kg reference flow
• Basis kind: reference_flow
• Evidence kind: calculated_from_collection
• Collection protocol: cp_waste
• Sources: msme-cotton-wool-roadmap

Corrugated carton scrap (carton_scrap)

Record damaged cartons separately, when cartons are used.

• Selected flow: Corrugated carton scrap
• Flow property / unit: Mass / kg
• Amount rule: A_i / Q, reported once in the original row unit per 1 kg reference flow.
• Value mode: calculated_value
• Specificity: site_specific
• Normalization basis: per 1 kg reference flow
• Basis kind: reference_flow
• Evidence kind: calculated_from_collection
• Collection protocol: cp_waste
• Sources: msme-cotton-wool-roadmap

Elementary flows

Water vapour to air (water_vapour)

Determine actual evaporated water from independently measured wet/dry fibre, water, steam and effluent balances; do not infer unknown reaction water and an unknown outlet from the same residual.

• Selected flow: Water vapour to air
• Flow property / unit: Mass / kg
• Amount rule: A_i / Q, reported once in the original row unit per 1 kg reference flow.
• Value mode: calculated_value
• Specificity: site_specific
• Normalization basis: per 1 kg reference flow
• Basis kind: reference_flow
• Evidence kind: calculated_from_collection
• Collection protocol: cp_balance
• Sources: msme-cotton-wool-roadmap

Cotton particulate matter to air (fibre_dust)

Include measured particulate escape after capture when present; collected dust belongs in the waste row and is not emitted again.

• Selected flow: Cotton particulate matter to air
• Flow property / unit: Mass / kg
• Amount rule: A_i / Q, reported once in the original row unit per 1 kg reference flow.
• Value mode: calculated_value
• Specificity: site_specific
• Normalization basis: per 1 kg reference flow
• Basis kind: reference_flow
• Evidence kind: calculated_from_collection
• Collection protocol: cp_waste
• Sources: msme-cotton-wool-roadmap

Process: Storage and dispatch (storage_dispatch)

Inputs

Product flows

Purchased electricity (storage_electricity)

For an actually included post-release warehouse ledger, retain metered storage and electric handling energy by the same released cohort and residence. Do not move it into the manufacturing raw numerator.

• Selected flow: Purchased electricity
• Flow property / unit: Energy / kWh
• Amount rule: A_i / Q, reported once in the original row unit per 1 kg reference flow.
• Value mode: calculated_value
• Specificity: site_specific
• Normalization basis: per 1 kg reference flow
• Basis kind: reference_flow
• Evidence kind: calculated_from_collection
• Collection protocol: cp_storage
• Sources:

Diesel fuel (handling_diesel)

Include actual diesel-powered handling fuel for that ledger where used, with upstream fuel and separately evidenced combustion emissions in the dataset; absence requires records, not a default zero.

• Selected flow: Diesel fuel
• Flow property / unit: Mass / kg
• Amount rule: A_i / Q, reported once in the original row unit per 1 kg reference flow.
• Value mode: calculated_value
• Specificity: site_specific
• Normalization basis: per 1 kg reference flow
• Basis kind: reference_flow
• Evidence kind: calculated_from_collection
• Collection protocol: cp_storage
• Sources:

Road freight transport service (dispatch_freight)

Include actual attributable shipment mass times distance for reported dispatch; retain empty-return and load-factor treatment from the provider. No default distance or delivery quantity is assigned.

• Selected flow: Road freight transport service
• Flow property / unit: Transport service / t km
• Amount rule: A_i / Q, reported once in the original row unit per 1 kg reference flow.
• Value mode: calculated_value
• Specificity: site_specific
• Normalization basis: per 1 kg reference flow
• Basis kind: reference_flow
• Evidence kind: calculated_from_collection
• Collection protocol: cp_storage
• Sources:

7. Allocation and Co-product Handling

rule_id	applies_to	rule	source_ids
allocation_separate	shared equipment and utilities	Separate SKU/route/sterility/packaging cohorts first. Use meters or documented physical causation for shared loads; retain failed and zero-output runs in their causal cohort. No default yield, inspection loss or economic allocation factor is assigned.	jrc-ilcd-2010-allocation
allocation_rework	rework, waste and coproducts	Internal recirculation cancels on integration and adds its actual repeated processing burdens. Returned/reaccepted cotton is not new production. Cotton rejects are waste unless an evidenced saleable coproduct specification and allocation are declared; no avoided-product credit by assumption. External treatment and recycling are counted once under the declared accounting convention.

8. Foreground Data Collection, Calculation, and Quality Rules

Data Collection Protocols

The aggregation_rule column declares the final report basis only. All collection methods retain undivided raw numerators; normalize_release below owns the only division.

protocol_id	process_id	flow_role	record_type	raw_fields	collection_method	unit	frequency	temporal_coverage	site_scope	aggregation_rule	quality_evidence
cp_release	manufacture	new accepted output	foreground_records	SKU; lot ID; first release event; net cotton mass; tare; moisture; rejects; returns; WIP	Weigh newly accepted finished rolls on calibrated scales and reconcile unique lot first release. Q is positive new net cotton release, not dispatch or reacceptance. Preserve failed/zero-output lots and WIP ledgers without creating Q.	kg	Each lot and meter interval	Complete actual period and matched cohort with carried burdens	Declared site and named subcontractors	per 1 kg reference flow	Release register, scale calibration and SKU acceptance tests
cp_materials	manufacture	fibre and chemical supplies	foreground_records	Receipt mass; issued mass; grade; cotton origin; assay; moisture; carrier water; stock opening/closing; returned issues; WIP burdens	Owner collects undivided raw period totals and opening/closing WIP quantities with carried burdens, including failed, zero-output and rework runs; never perform A_i/Q here. Reconcile issued/returned stocks, whole solutions and separately acquired blend ingredients; count mixing energy/losses.	kg	Each lot and meter interval	Complete actual period and matched cohort with carried burdens	Declared site and named subcontractors	per 1 kg reference flow	Invoices, stock records, supplier composition and assays
cp_water	manufacture	water and wet processing	foreground_records	Water meter; batch; wash/rinse additions; recycle; solution water; moisture; WIP water	Owner collects undivided raw period totals and opening/closing WIP quantities with carried burdens, including failed, zero-output and rework runs; never perform A_i/Q here. Measure water additions and loops separately without duplicate carrier-water procurement.	kg	Each lot and meter interval	Complete actual period and matched cohort with carried burdens	Declared site and named subcontractors	per 1 kg reference flow	Calibrated meters and batch water records
cp_utilities	manufacture	power and steam	foreground_records	Meter start/end; kWh; steam mass; inlet enthalpy; condensate mass/enthalpy; interval; allocations; standby and failed-run use	Owner collects undivided raw period totals and opening/closing WIP quantities with carried burdens, including failed, zero-output and rework runs; never perform A_i/Q here. Meter supplied energy and condensate, retaining actual utility supply voltage, geography and conversion bases.	kWh; kg; kJ/kg	Each lot and meter interval	Complete actual period and matched cohort with carried burdens	Declared site and named subcontractors	per 1 kg reference flow	Meters, utility bills, steam state and return records
cp_packaging	manufacture	each package component	foreground_records	SKU BOM; component grade; issued/returned mass; unit tare; packed lots; scrap; package stocks and WIP	Owner collects undivided raw period totals and opening/closing WIP quantities with carried burdens, including failed, zero-output and rework runs; never perform A_i/Q here. Weigh each component separately; keep all actual paper, bag, carton, ink, label or closure burdens as separate dataset exchanges if present.	kg	Each lot and meter interval	Complete actual period and matched cohort with carried burdens	Declared site and named subcontractors	per 1 kg reference flow	BOM, packaging weighing and issue records
cp_waste	manufacture	rejects, effluent and emissions	foreground_records	Stream; mass; moisture; composition; treatment destination; manifests; particulate tests; sampling; failed lots; WIP carried waste burden	Owner collects undivided raw period totals and opening/closing WIP quantities with carried burdens, including failed, zero-output and rework runs; never perform A_i/Q here. Measure each stream and independently supported actual emission species; retain outsourced treatment and transport. Do not use COD as a species or physical mass closure surrogate.	kg	Each lot and meter interval	Complete actual period and matched cohort with carried burdens	Declared site and named subcontractors	per 1 kg reference flow	Waste manifests, effluent analyses, provider and emission records
cp_balance	manufacture	physical and water balance	foreground_records	Wet and dry fibre; all solution masses/assays; free and bound water; steam/condensate; wastewater; evaporation; rejects; independent species/reactions; WIP	Owner collects undivided raw period totals and opening/closing WIP quantities with carried burdens, including failed, zero-output and rework runs; never perform A_i/Q here. Reconcile physical mass/elements separately from independently evidenced chemistry and water phase changes; report unresolved balance uncertainty rather than fit reaction water to a residual.	kg	Each lot and meter interval	Complete actual period and matched cohort with carried burdens	Declared site and named subcontractors	per 1 kg reference flow	Independent moisture, composition, water and outlet measurements
cp_storage	storage_dispatch	actual separate storage and dispatch loads	foreground_records	Release cohort; opening/closing finished mass and carried burdens; internal handoffs; residence; dispatch/return masses; electricity; diesel; transport mass/distance; repacking and waste	Owner retains undivided raw storage, packing, handling, dispatch, return and rework amounts for identified lots and actual residence, plus opening/closing finished-stock carried burdens. No division, new Q, or removal of undispatched burdens occurs here. Add atomic repacking, combustion-emission and waste rows in the dataset when actually present.	kg; kWh; t km	Each lot and meter interval	Complete actual period and matched cohort with carried burdens	Declared site and named subcontractors	per 1 kg reference flow	Warehouse lot ledger, stock burdens, dispatch records and meters

Calculation Rules

rule_id	Applies to	Formula or rule	Inputs	Output	source_ids
raw_cohort	all manufacturing numerators	For each exchange, retain complete raw consumption/burden, including failed/zero-output and repeated rework. Attribute A_i = raw period burden + opening WIP carried burden - closing WIP carried burden for the same product, route and supplied-state cohort; substantiate actual transfer records. Direct raw physical exchanges and carried historical burdens remain separately traceable; do not add carried mass as a second purchase. Do not subtract finished stock already counted in Q.	raw_period; opening_WIP; closing_WIP; cp_materials; cp_utilities; cp_waste	A_i
normalize_release	all included inventory rows except terminal reference	q_i = A_i / Q; Q = unique positive newly quality-released net cotton mass in kg for the matched cohort from cp_release. First convert raw records once to each row unit. This is the only normalization: inventory amount expressions, protocol aggregation references and this rule describe the same report operation, not sequential divisions. For storage_dispatch use its separately reconciled A_i attributable to that same release cohort and Q, retaining any unfinished residence as a disclosed scope limit. Q <= 0 cannot produce a normalized released-product dataset; retain its burdens for the matched causal cohort.	A_i; Q; cp_release; cp_storage	q_i
supply_subledgers	solutions, cotton moisture and water	For each whole purchased formulation m, constituent mass = m times its independent assay fraction. For cotton, dry mass = wet mass times (1 - measured moisture fraction). Carrier water, active matter and fibre dry mass are subledgers, not extra external inputs. Independently support actual species and any reaction-water formation/consumption; keep phase/free/bound-water changes distinct. No COD or closure-residual fitting.	whole_supply_mass; assay_fraction; measured_moisture; cp_balance	constituent_and_water_subledgers
finished_ledger	storage and dispatch reconciliation	Closing finished stock = opening finished stock + new release + actual returns - actual dispatch - disposal, with other documented physical movements shown explicitly. Carry historical burdens with the same lots. Returns/reacceptance do not increase new release. Integration cancels the release-to-storage internal handoff and its burdens. Actual net delivery, if separately reported, excludes undispatched stock and is a different denominator requiring its own matched carried-burden calculation.	cp_release; cp_storage; stock_movements; carried_burdens	reconciled_finished_ledger

Data Quality Requirements

requirement_id	Applies to	Requirement	Evidence
quality_identity	supplied product	Retain fibre identification, non-sterile/unmedicated declaration, actual formulation, dimensions, moisture, package BOM and acceptance tests. Generic flow identity does not prove performance or background/provider compatibility.	Supplier and release evidence
quality_completeness	all raw loads and transfer burdens	Reconcile stock, WIP, zero-output runs, rejects, rework, outsourcing, utility supply and treatment destinations. Every additional actual ingredient, package component, fuel, waste and emission must have its own atomic dataset exchange. Document excluded scope and remaining uncertainty explicitly.	Raw ledgers and independent balance

9. Validation Rules

rule_id	applies_to	rule	source_ids
validate_reference	reference and scope	Require terminal Product output finished_roll, matching reference UUID, 1 kg net cotton, complete required qualifiers and the declared new-release gate. Reject a different fibre, form, sterile/drug/composite state or unassessed packaging route.	gima-nonsterile-cotton-roll
validate_period	normalization and ownership	Require positive unique Q, matched raw numerators with failed/zero-output and rework, full WIP carried burdens, and one normalize_release operation. Collection cannot already divide by Q. Do not add closing finished goods to new release or count returns twice. Separate warehouse/dispatch owner and retained loads are mandatory when included.
validate_balance	mass, water and environmental exchanges	Check physical mass/elements and moisture on stated bases, using independent actual species/reaction evidence. Whole formulations cannot be duplicated as constituent purchases; integrated volume cannot be multiplied by time again. Unknown reaction water cannot close an unknown outlet by the same residual. Retain treatment/provider evidence and uncertainty rather than claim closure from COD.
validate_evidence	claim limits	Public project recipes, losses, nominal package counts, absorption tests and sterilization discussion are contextual evidence, not industry defaults, clinical equivalence or operating instructions. Missing actual foreground evidence makes the concrete dataset incomplete; it does not create measured values.	msme-cotton-wool-roadmap; gima-nonsterile-cotton-roll

10. Published Dataset Profile

Field	Value
dataset_role	secondary_dataset; background_dataset
downstream_use	Environmental modelling of this exact supplied roll and declared release gate
allowed_use	Manufacturing inventories with matched SKU, route, fibre, supplied state, moisture, packaging, geography and period
excluded_use	Clinical efficacy/safety equivalence, treatment instruction, sterile or other-fibre substitution, whole-CPC coverage and unqualified delivery-gate comparison
required_metadata	pure cotton fibre grade and origin; virgin ginned lint; supply and release moisture; roll dimensions and actual net cotton mass; non-sterile and unmedicated state; scour and peroxide/finishing formulation; drying and steam supply; outsourced steps; paper and PE grade and actual packaging architecture; release gate and lot cohort; site geography and period; waste/treatment route; storage and dispatch coverage
required_quality_disclosure	Actual raw period and cohort; Q and first-release deduplication; WIP and finished-stock carried burdens; each protocol owner; missing auxiliary identities/provider matching; source and native identity limitations; allocation and scope uncertainty
update_trigger	Fibre origin/grade, recipe, outsourcing, bleaching, treatment/sterility, drying, package, release gate, provider or site/period changes

11. Data Sources

source_id	type	reference	used_for
msme-cotton-wool-roadmap	official_guidance	MSME Development Institute Chennai, S. Suresh Babuji, Road map for domestic manufacturing of Cotton Wool Absorbent, section 3.5/3.8 and section 5 part 7, PDF pp. 8-9, 25-26; https://www.dcmsme.gov.in/23_COTTON%20WOOL%20by%20Suresh%20Babuji-converted.pdf	Process decomposition and paper/PE packing example only. Indian indicative project, not measured LCI or proof of the GIMA route. Its gamma/sterility passages are contrary scope context; no process settings, quality numbers, recipe, yield, absorption or lifetime defaults are adopted.
gima-nonsterile-cotton-roll	handbook	GIMA S.p.A., COTTON WOOL 1000 g - roll, product 34838, Description and product information; https://www.gimaitaly.com/Prodotti/first-aid-emergency/dressing-medication-gauzes-plasters/cotton-wool/cotton-wool-1000-g-roll-34838	Primary manufacturer product evidence: hydrophilic 100% cotton, roll, non-sterile. Nominal mass and sales-unit count identify one product only, not universal measured mass, usage, performance or packaging intensity. No factory route, cultivar, supply geography or polymer grade is established.
jrc-ilcd-2010-allocation	handbook	European Commission JRC, ILCD Handbook General guide Detailed guidance, first edition March 2010, section 7.9.3, PDF pp277–278 / printed pp257–258; https://eplca.jrc.ec.europa.eu/uploads/ILCD-Handbook-General-guide-for-LCA-DETAILED-GUIDANCE-12March2010-ISBN-fin-v1.0-EN.pdf	Virtual subdivision and determining physical causality for attributional shared-service burden assignment only. No product-specific route, composition, yield, emission or utility factor, fixed allocation share, substitution credit or full PEF conformity is supplied. Stock and normalization rules remain PCR-specific consistency reasoning.