Emission and consumption data from the textile yam process

Caprolactam g/t 10 - 200 Low valnes correspond with high COD valnes 

Polyester fibres were developed and patented during the 1940s and were marketed from the 1950s onwards. By 2000, they accounted for the largest share of manmade fibres with a global quantity in excess of 16 million tonnes per year. Based on similar polymer technologies, another seven million tonnes are produced for packaging (bottles) and film end uses. 

The average growth for fibre end use over the past 10 years was 6.5 %, which mostly took place in areas outside of Europe, the US and Japan. In Europe, the growth rate for both years 2001 and 2002 was about 1.0 % with a total production of 3234 kt in 2002. Table 10.1 shows the European production volumes for 2000 - 2002. 

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Table 9.9 Emission and consumption data from the textile yam process [4, APME, 2004]...

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