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Industrial washing and drying – up to 2,2 times more sustainable compared to On Premise Laundry
TKT TKT is the Dutch technical knowledge centre for the textile care industry, for both the dry cleaning industry and the laundry industry. TKT initiates and coordinates technical and sustainable innovation projects for the Dutch and the International textile care industry. TKT is embedded in international and networks and has extensive expertise about technological aspects…
Read Moreprofessional textile cleaning: upto 3 times more sustainable compared to household washing and drying
TKT TKT is the Dutch technical knowledge centre for the textile care industry, for both the dry cleaning industry and the laundry industry. TKT initiates and coordinates technical and sustainable innovation projects for the Dutch and the International textile care industry. TKT is imbedded in international and networks and has extensive expertise about technological aspects…
Read MoreAccumulation of Microplastic on Shorelines Woldwide: Sources and Sinks
Mark Anthony Browne,*,†,‡,§ Phillip Crump, ¶ Stewart J. Niven,§,ǁ Emma Teuten,§ Andrew Tonkin, ¶ Tamara Galloway, ┴ and Richard Thompson§ †School of Biology & Environmental Sciences, University College Dublin, Science Centre West, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland ‡Centre for Research on the Ecological Impacts of Coastal Cities, A11 School of Biological Sciences, University of Sydney, NSW…
Read MoreSolvetex I Research Rapport
SUMMARY During the cleaning processes with PERC, HCS, Siloxane D5, CO2 and Wet clean, the effect on the appearance (surface roughening / felting, dimensional change, greying) and stain removal was checked with a number of test articles and test materials. The influence on the appearance is limited in well executed processes, except for Wet clean…
Read MoreElectricity and water consumption for laundry washing by washing machine worldwide
Christiane Pakula & Rainer Stamminger Received: 15 January 2009 /Accepted: 7 December 2009 /Published online: 8 January 2010 # Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2009 Abstract Washing laundry is one of the most widespread housework in the world. Today, washing machines do this work in many private households, using water, electricity, chemical substances, and process time.…
Read MoreChemicals Used In Drycleaning Operations
January, 2002 Revised July 2009 The following resource was developed for the State Coalition for Remediation of Drycleaners (SCRD) using material safety data sheets (MSDS) and other sources. The report was prepared by Bill Linn, Florida Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP). Scott Stupak, North Carolina Superfund Section, provided technical support for database development. INTRODUCTION A…
Read MoreThe water footprint of cotton consumption: An assessment of the impact of worldwide consumption of cotton products on the water resources in the cotton producing countries
A.K. Chapagain a, A.Y. Hoekstra b,⁎, H.H.G. Savenije a, R. Gautam c aUNESCO-IHE Institute for Water Education, Delft, the Netherlands bUniversity of Twente, Enschede, the Netherlands cAssociation for Protection of Environment and Culture, Morang, Nepal ARTICLE INFOArticle history: Received 20 July 2005 Received in revised form 29 November 2005 Accepted 30 November 2005 Available online…
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