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Comparative assessment of textile dyeing technologies from a preventive environmental protection point of view
Author(s) -
Schramm Wilhelm,
Jantschgi Jürgen
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
coloration technology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.297
H-Index - 49
eISSN - 1478-4408
pISSN - 1472-3581
DOI - 10.1111/j.1478-4408.1999.tb00310.x
Subject(s) - directive , textile , enforcement , risk analysis (engineering) , dyeing , process (computing) , business , pollution prevention , environmental planning , computer science , engineering , environmental science , waste management , political science , law , chemistry , archaeology , organic chemistry , history , programming language , operating system
During the 1990s the preventive approach to environmental protection has become more significant world wide. Crucial to its enforcement in Europe has been the EU Council directive on integrated pollution prevention and control (IPPC), adopted in 1996. In accordance with this directive, criteria concerning prevention have to be taken into account to determine the ‘best available techniques’: the best kind of process technologies. We review how process technologies for textile dyeing can be assessed from a preventive environmental protection point of view. Our conclusion is that, while the technological development in the field of textile dyeing already conforms well to the demands of the IPPC directive, beyond this success there is still considerable potential for further improvement.