Comprehensive Product Assessment: Laundry washing systems and laundry detergents

The "Comprehensive Product Assessment (Produktlinienanalyse) for Laundry Detergents and the Complex of Products Linked to Washing" was carried out using the Produktlinienanalyse method, the precursor to PROSA. Conducted on behalf of the German Federal Environmental Agency (Umweltbundesamt, UBA), the LCA part of the study was supported by a stakeholder forum. The study examined a range of laundry detergent systems (large-volume laundry detergents, light-duty detergents, three-component systems), washing behaviour (various temperatures and filling rates) as well as a range of household types.

A later study updated the LCA data.

Reference: Grießhammer, R.; Bunke, D.; Gensch, C.-O.: Produktlinienanalyse Waschen und Waschmittel, Freiburg/Berlin, UBA-Texte 1/1997;

Update: Eberle, U.; Grießhammer, R; Ökobilanz und Stoffstromanalyse Waschen und Waschmittel. Endbericht. Teilstudie 4 im UFO-Plan Vorhaben 296 64 145 „Ökobilanzierung zu Wasch- und Reinigungsmittelrohstoffen und deren Anwendung in der gewerblichen Wäscherei“, Freiburg/Berlin, UBA-Texte 43/2001

The studies are available from the German Federal Environmental Agency  Umweltbundesamt . An English translation of the original study is available from the Institute for Applied Ecology (Öko-Institut e.V.).

The study was evaluated methodologically at a later time. The resultant working paper is available for download in pdf format.

 Methodology evaluation: Laundry detergent assessment (only available in German)

 

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