Life Cycle Analysis; Part 1

The product I chose to do my LCA on is string for a tennis racket, more specifically the ISOSPEED- Baseline string. The material used in producing this string is Polyester which is a category of polymers.The type of polyester used to make these strings is polyethylene terephthalate also known as PET polyester. This type of Polyester is also commonly used in plastic bottles. It is an artificial polyester made through the process of Step-Growth polymerization. PET takes fairly long to biodegrade, under perfect conditions it can take anywhere from 5 to 10 years. However PET is commonly recycled and the polyester tennis strings can be recycled in the plastic section of recycle bins.