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Textile wet processing and the environment
Author(s) -
Lomas Mike
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
journal of the society of dyers and colourists
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.297
H-Index - 49
eISSN - 1478-4408
pISSN - 0037-9859
DOI - 10.1111/j.1478-4408.1993.tb01493.x
Subject(s) - textile , criticism , business , architectural engineering , art , engineering , history , archaeology , literature
Textile wet processors have come in for a lot of criticism over the last decade. The sector's association with toxic chemicals and the occasional environmental horror‐story has stained its image somewhat. Today, however, companies are working towards more stringent standards and efforts are being made to switch to cleaner processes. Mike Lomas speaks on behalf of the defence.