Cleaner Technology Transfer to the Polish Textile ... - Miljøstyrelsen

Summary
Areas of pollution prevention and resource savings in Polish textile industry
are identified from direct contact to 20 textile dye-houses including a detailed
survey of 9 selected dye-houses.
Selection of companies Companies have been selected to get the various processes in the industry well
represented. This selection has been done by the Textile Research Institute in
Lodz on the basis of its very thorough and detailed insight in the textile industry.
The strategy has then been to go into direct contact with the companies
with detailed inspection of processes and recipes, and to identify possible
Identification of
priority areas
areas of improvement in collaboration with the companies. The priority areas
have been confirmed by the textile industry itself at a total of three seminars
with participation of all together 30 Polish and Danish textile companies, and
Polish and Danish research institutions.
Focus The main focus of the programme has been possibilities for cleaner technologies
being environmentally and economically sound at the same time. With
the present financial situation in the Polish textile industry, this is the most
realistic approach to pollution prevention. In general, treatment alone has no
realistic economical background for the time being. Only improvements, that
imply simultaneous savings in costs, are judged to be realistic. However, possibilities
of cost-effective improvements are quite large, and a goal of an overall
50% reduction in water-, energy- and chemical consumption seems achievable
with the right cleaner technology strategy.
The identified priority areas are grouped into 4 categories:
Systematic approach 1) Optimization: meaning improvements of routines and procedures within
the existing equipment
2) Modernization: meaning rebuilding old equipment or exchanging it with
new
3) Chemical substitution and savings: meaning altering recipes towards less
consumption of chemicals and more environmentally friendly chemicals
4) Re-use: meaning possibilities for treating and re-using selected wastewater
streams and the energy and chemical content in these.
Idea catalogue A total of 41 cleaner technology options are reported in the Idea catalogue Part
2, and some are described in more detail in Part 3.
Implementation projects Quite good possibilities are seen for every one of the above categories, and
possible case examples are found within the 30 companies. Three implementation
projects have been initiated comprising some of the most beneficial
options. One of these have been successfully finalized. The implementation
projects are described in Part 4.
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