EPD: Filament yarn from recycled PA6, ECONYL® BCF (Aquafil S.p.A.)

ECONYL® BCF yarns are bulk continuous filament yarns, made out of 100 % recycled PA6 polymer. BCF yarns can be further reprocessed by twisting and/or heat setting. As such are delivered to customers for manufacturing carpet tiles and tufted or woven carpets, within the scope of construction product. This EPD refers to the ECONYL® Twisted and Heat-set (dope dyed) group of Bulk Continuous Filament yarns produced in Europe. The group of yarn is consisting of several similar products, but different in terms of parameters that are not significant for the group of products

Manufacturer legal entity:

Aquafil S.p.A.

Manufacturer:

Aquafil

Country of manufacturer:

slovenia, italy

Product name:

Filament yarn from recycled PA6

Commercial names:

ECONYL® BCF

Material type:

Plastics, membranes and roofing

Material subtype:

Textiles and wallpapers

Environmental & technical characteristics

Global warming potential (A1-A3):

1.82 kg CO2e/kg

Available units for calculation:

kg, ton

Unique identifier (OCLID):

6507eaa5f494c01dbdebfdff

Sustainability data background information

EPD number:

S-P-08205

EPD program:

International EPD System

Publication year:

2023

Product category rules (PCR):

PCR 2019:14 Construction products, version 1.2.5

Environmental standard:

EN15804+A2

Verification status:

Recycled

Upstream database:

GaBi