Investigating the sustainable impact of denim garments manufactured in a green factory of Bangladesh: A case study on life cycle assessment

Project ID: ARP/2022/TEX/03/10

Funding Source: AUST Internal Research Grant

Project Awarded: 1^st March, 2023

 

Principal Investigator:

Kazi Rezwan Hossain

Lecturer, TEX Department, AUST

 

Co-principal Investigator/s:

Mr. Mohammad Faizur Rahman

Associate Professor, TEX Dept

 

Project Duration: 1 year

Budget approved: 4,60,250/-

 

Expected Research Outcomes:

• Environmental life cycle assessment: The impact assessment section of the LCA converts inventory values into environmental effect categories. Different substances that contribute to the same impact categories are discovered in the data classification. Impact categories include the potential for global warming, potential for eutrophication/nutrient enrichment, potential for ozone depletion, acidification, ecotoxicity, human toxicity, water use, and resource consumption/abiotic depletion. Certain chemicals contribute to multiple categories of impact, such as NOx, which can contribute to human toxicity, ecotoxicity, and eutrophication. Figure 4 illustrates a categorization and characterization example. CO2 and CH4, for example, contribute to the greenhouse effect and have a potential for global warming.