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4.4 Savings and substitution of<br />

environmentally hazardous chemicals<br />

<strong>Technology</strong> <strong>Transfer</strong> <strong>to</strong> <strong>Polish</strong> Chemical Producers and Demonstration of<br />

New Recipies in <strong>Polish</strong> Dye-houses<br />

John Hansen, DTI, Clothing and <strong>Textile</strong>, Denmark<br />

During <strong>the</strong> technology transfer programme a number of cases has been<br />

revealed, where chemicals are used which are harmful <strong>to</strong> <strong>the</strong> environment.<br />

These are used because of <strong>the</strong>ir technical performance and <strong>the</strong> low price. The<br />

chemicals are often produced by <strong>Polish</strong> chemical producers, and are in some<br />

cases of a type which have an environmentally bad reputation, i.e. detergents<br />

based on APEO, fixation agents for direct dyes based on formaldehyde, reactive<br />

dyes with relatively low fixation rates.<br />

For <strong>the</strong> textile finishing companies questions about water are of major concern<br />

– rational use of water and waste-water treatment. <strong>Textile</strong> waste-water can<br />

contain a large number of environmentally harmful substances, such as:<br />

• inorganic ions (chloride, sulfate, sulfite and sulfide)<br />

• heavy metal ions<br />

• detergents<br />

• dye-stuffs<br />

• acids and bases<br />

• reduction and oxidation chemicals<br />

• certain finishing chemicals<br />

Below, a number of possible substitution projects is listed, which have been<br />

discussed with <strong>the</strong> participating companies and agreed upon at <strong>the</strong> seminar<br />

and later.<br />

Project content<br />

The programme falls in<strong>to</strong> three groups, which are linked <strong>to</strong>ge<strong>the</strong>r as indicated<br />

in <strong>the</strong> figure next page.<br />

A: Demonstration of substitution <strong>to</strong>ol in <strong>Polish</strong> dye-houses (score system).<br />

B: Supporting <strong>Polish</strong> production of more environmentally friendly textile<br />

chemicals and dye-stuffs.<br />

C: Specific demonstration projects on savings and substitutions.<br />

The following partners are expected <strong>to</strong> participate in <strong>the</strong> project:<br />

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