Industry can cut water use by “at least 50%” bluesign CEO says
29/06/2015
Peter Waeber, the bluesign chief executive, said in a statement in the build-up to the fourth bluesign conference, which takes place in St Gallen, Switzerland, on July 13 and 14, that the solutions now available to brands and manufacturers make it feasible to achieve “nearly all effects in the textile area” without any compromise on performance or on environmental responsibility.
His organisation runs a database of around 6,000 different chemical products that combine what he called “safe chemistry” (because the products meet restricted substance list demands and also the requirements of the Greenpeace Detox Campaign) with best available technology in textile processing. The database is called the ‘bluesign bluefinder’.
Mr Waeber said that possible benefits available to the industry worldwide from using best avaiable technology include reducing water consumption “by at least 50%”.
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