Environmental textiles classification

Innovation drivers The auxiliary producers implemented the system of classification to facilitate the communication between textile finishers and water authorities and to avoid additional regulatory requirements for textile finishing. Furthermore they created a system, which enables them to characterise environmental properties of a product without the necessity to disclose their recipes. 

Kulkarni, S. V., C. D. Blackwell, A. L. Blackard, C. W. Stackhouse. 1985. Textile dyes and dyeing equipment classification, properties, and environmental aspects, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Resource Triangle Park NC, EPA-600/2-85/010. 

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