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Effective laundry products leading to lower chemical usage
Author(s) -
Hepworth Paul
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
journal of chemical technology and biotechnology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.64
H-Index - 117
eISSN - 1097-4660
pISSN - 0268-2575
DOI - 10.1002/jctb.280500307
Subject(s) - laundry , usable , sewage , waste management , pulp and paper industry , environmental science , chemistry , engineering , computer science , world wide web
Abstract Laundry washing consumes and releases into the sewage treatment system large amounts of chemicals such as phosphate builders, surfactants and alkalis. By presenting the builders and surfactants in a more instantly usable form, considerable reductions in total chemical requirements can be achieved. Nonaqueous laundry liquids described here offer a 50 to 130% reduction in chemicals entering the sewage treatment system.