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Guide to ‘green cotton’ processing
NEW YORK – [06.11.09] Cotton Inc. has launched a ‘must have’ manual for cotton textile processors which outlines a range of new ideas and technologies for the sustainable production of cotton goods.
The freely available booklet is a comprehensive 56 pages which identifies 26 technologies or processes that “can significantly reduce the water, energy and chemicals (WEC) used in cotton textile processing.” The guide provides an overview of the technologies, outlines implementation costs and return time on investment, and offers improvement metrics and a vendor list. It is available in hard copy and as a pdf at http://cottontoday.cottoninc.com
Mark Messura, Executive Vice President, Global Product Supply Chain at Cotton Incorporated. “Over the past 40 years, our agricultural research has helped US cotton growers make significant environmental gains in the field; the “World of Ideas” manual offers the same potential to the manufacturing segment of the supply chain.”
Cotton Inc, which represents the interests of US cotton growers, says the new guide is based on two years of in-depth interviews the organisation conducted with more than 40 cotton textile processing companies in China, India, and Turkey, which together represent more than 75% of the world’s textile processing. The companies interviewed process a wide range of woven, knit, denim and yarn products and were early adopters of the proven commercial technologies that reduce WEC.
The technologies presented in the guide are divided into five categories: processes; chemicals and dyes; equipment; systems, control, and management; and waste water treatment. All can be applied to varying degrees to piece-dyed wovens, piece-dyed knits, denim, and yarn-dyed operations.
Operational cost savings is another byproduct of using less water, energy and chemicals in textile manufacturing. “The global economic downturn is still having an effect on textile manufacturing around the world,” explains Messura. “As the booklet illustrates, however, economic and environmental concerns are interrelated.”
The freely available booklet is a comprehensive 56 pages which identifies 26 technologies or processes that “can significantly reduce the water, energy and chemicals (WEC) used in cotton textile processing.” The guide provides an overview of the technologies, outlines implementation costs and return time on investment, and offers improvement metrics and a vendor list. It is available in hard copy and as a pdf at http://cottontoday.cottoninc.com
Mark Messura, Executive Vice President, Global Product Supply Chain at Cotton Incorporated. “Over the past 40 years, our agricultural research has helped US cotton growers make significant environmental gains in the field; the “World of Ideas” manual offers the same potential to the manufacturing segment of the supply chain.”
Cotton Inc, which represents the interests of US cotton growers, says the new guide is based on two years of in-depth interviews the organisation conducted with more than 40 cotton textile processing companies in China, India, and Turkey, which together represent more than 75% of the world’s textile processing. The companies interviewed process a wide range of woven, knit, denim and yarn products and were early adopters of the proven commercial technologies that reduce WEC.
The technologies presented in the guide are divided into five categories: processes; chemicals and dyes; equipment; systems, control, and management; and waste water treatment. All can be applied to varying degrees to piece-dyed wovens, piece-dyed knits, denim, and yarn-dyed operations.
Operational cost savings is another byproduct of using less water, energy and chemicals in textile manufacturing. “The global economic downturn is still having an effect on textile manufacturing around the world,” explains Messura. “As the booklet illustrates, however, economic and environmental concerns are interrelated.”