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This report presents an overview of the textiles processing industry; highlighting major sources of environmental contamination. Focus is primarily on textiles finishing, identifying chemicals that will be highlighted by the forthcoming REACH legislation and are potential substitution candidates.
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Executive summary: The industry has a highly complex chemical consumption pattern, suffering from poor information dissemination. Most approaches to reduce its environmental footprint have
focused upon process design rather than chemical substitution. This approach has worth due to the massive loadings of low toxicity substances currently used.
Most of the industries environmental impact occurs during production. The overall content of substances of high concern in finished garments is limited and depends upon specific processing and dying techniques employed.
Num. pages: 31