Textile Industry

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Comments Digital printing process Reduction of: production space, noise, waste water, electricity consumpti on, excess dyestuff Thermal energy savings Reduction of chemical and biological oxygen demand by 500 and 250 mg per litre effluent. Reduction in costs for sizing agents and fees for treatment of waste water pollution

Project reference LIFE99 ENV/IT/000122

Title Technology Transfer of low environmental impact ink jet printing for the production of textile production of textile products - TIEPRINT

LIFE99 ENV/D/000415

Reduced waste water pollution from textile finishing with use of ultrasonics to minimise the application of chemicals in sizing processes

LIFE98 ENV/B/000252

Best Available Techniques in Textiles (BATINT)

Wastewater treatment Database &

prediction models LIFE05 ENV/IT/000846 Best Available Technique for water reuse in TextiLE SMEs Textile finishing Water reuse Textile finishing Reduction of water auxiliaries and energy use Reduced water discharge Waste manageme nt Assessme nt of Best Available techniques (BATs) for applicabilit y in the textile sector Pilot trials Chlorine -free wool treatment Resin for felt-free yarn production Physicalchemical processes and membrane technologi es for textile wastewate r treatment Reduced water consumpti on and pollutant discharge

LIFE05 ENV/F/000070

Appropriate Clean technology: process of electromagnetic textile ennoblement aiming at to decrease the aqueous pollution

LIFE05 ENV/E/000285

Alternatives for waste volume reduction in the textile sector through the application of minimisation measures in the process and in the consumption

LIFE05 ENV/D/000195 Sustainable, AOX-free Superwash Finishing of Wool Tops for the Yarn Production

LIFE04 ENV/IT/000583

Sustainable water management in the textile wet industry through an innovative treatment process for wastewater reuse

Handbook s for the selection and manageme nt of wastewate r treatment processes

LIFE03 ENV/GR/000204

Introduction and Promotion of the ECO-LABEL to the Greek textile industry (ECO-TEXTILE)

Implementation of 5 EU Eco-label projects Handbook s for Ecolabel implement ation

LIFE03 ENV/E/000166

Direct Reutilization of Dye Baths and Self-Monitoring of the Process "on-line"

Automatic on-line control of all dyeing processes Reduction in water consumption and of pollutant loads in the effluent

LIFE03 ENV/E/000102

Water Purification Tertiary Treatment using Photo-oxidation at semi-industrial scale (FOTOTEX)

Photooxidation of textile wastewate r flow Substitutio n of Perchloroe thylene with Liquid Carbon Dioxide for textile cleaning Cost efficient (20% reduction) Optimisatio n of the current costs of dyeing processes and operations COD decrease in the effluent by up to

LIFE00 ENV/NL/000797

Demonstration Textile CO2 Treatment Introduction Validation Effort

LIFE00 ENV/E/000545

Prototype demonstration of dyeing with the application of clean technologies in the reduction of the colorant

87.4% and BOD by 94%. Water savings of 10% Catalytic oxidation process for the elimination of volatile organic compound s VOC elimination efficiency 98.5% Energy savings of 993.486 kWh per year Water savings of 25 m per year Minimisatio n of waste (140 tonnes per year less)

LIFE00 ENV/E/000506

Demonstrative project of an innovative system to prevent the voc emissions generated by the industry