Analysis of Eco-management in Indian Textile

Processing Industry

The Bombay Textile Research Association

Mumbai
 GENESIS

BTRA was established in 1954 as

research association under the
societies registration act XXI of
1860 to provide research and
consultancy support to Indian
Textile Industry
 In-house
Projects
Training /
R&D
HRD

Utilities / Technology
Conservation Transfer

Quality &
Decentralised
Environment
Government / Sector
Management
Financial
Institutions
A- Z Technical Services consultancy
Benchmarking

SOP preparation and validation

Project report preparation/certification

Vetting of Project

Techno economic feasibility

Man power planning and training

Technical Services consultancy

Machine Maintenance Audit

Utility Conservation Audit

Recent Publications
Essential Checkpoints in Spinning (Revised & Updated)
BTRA Norms for Chemical Processing
Developments in Textile Sensors BTRA Contributions
Vol. 1 & 2
Handbook on Geotextiles
Application of Plasma Technology in Textiles BTRA
Initiatives - Vol. 1 & 2
Interpretation of Geosynthetics Specifications
Steam Consumption Norms for Textile Process
Houses
Developments in Processing of Knitted Fabric
Norms for Mechanical Processing (Weaving)
Quality and Operational Benchmarks for modern spinning
mills
ECO AUDITING CONCEPT
 Environmental Management system (EMS)
Refers to the management of an
organization's environmental programs in a
comprehensive, systematic, planned and
documented manner.
It includes the organizational structure, planning and
resources for developing, implementing and
maintaining policy for environmental protection.
The goals of EMS are to increase compliance and
reduce waste and pollution load on environment
Indian Textile Industry present scenario
Some of textile industries are implementing EMS, but
some are not implementing it
Heavy effluent discharge
Variation in input water quality
No full proof, unique, easy and low cost technology is
available for ETP in industry.
Non Eco friendly dyes and chemicals usage in mfg.
Adverse impact on Environmental aspects
High treatment cost for ETP
Environmental awareness ???
Attitude towards natural resource
 Challenges to comply ECO management
system
Cost of man power for management
Cost of ETP ( installation +operational)
Huge amount of sludge generation in ETP and
its disposal system?
Variation in ETP input effluent( process
complexity varies )
Maintenance system for RO/ZLD
 Need of Eco Audit
To understand present status /reality
1. Adoption and implementation of EMS
2. Variability in quality of input effluent
3. Variability in processes in ETP
4. Quality( with respect to ecofriendliness) of dyes and
chemicals)
5. Chemical Management and RSL
To provide ground reality data to MPCB ( mill
names are not important here) for updating
present level of benchmarking, environmental
policies and further development opportunities
 OBJECTIVE
To conduct Eco-Audit in different Textile companies to
understand current status of awareness regarding
environmental protection in textile Industries.

Focus will be given to understand chemical Management

System in textile mills and create awareness about harmful
effects on human being and aquatic life due to Restricted
Substances .

Encourage textile mills to adopt environmental policy, conduct

environmental review, introduce environmental Programme,
carry out internal audit, set the objectives aimed at the
continuous improvement of environmental performance,
prepare an environmental statement
 Areas of environmental auditing
Areas of environmental auditing normally
include:
Water management and economy/control of use
Material management, quality ,savings and
alternatives;
Energy conservation management and savings;
Waste generation, management/control and
disposal;
Noise reduction, evaluation and control (internal and
external)
 FUNCTIONS OF ECO AUDIT

The functions of environmental audits are

To improve an organizations compliance with environmental
legislation and regulations such as air emission standards,
effluent standards, waste management standards and
standard operating procedures.
To prevent damage and the tendency for environmental
damage
To improve resource use through reduction in material use to
minimize wastes and to identify recycling opportunities.
 BENEFITS OF ECO AUDIT

The benefits of ECO auditing are

Identification of environmental risks
Use as a basis for the development of environmental
management policies or efforts to improve existing plans
Prevention of financial losses through the shutting down of
an organization or activity
Identifications of possible cost saving from energy
conservation and waste reduction, reuse and recycling
 BENEFITS OF ECO AUDIT

The benefits of eco auditing are

Prerequisite of an environmental audit report for use by an
organization or activity in dealing with environmental groups,
government and the mass media
Provision of information required by insurance companies,
financial institutions and shareholders
To perform Eco Audit.
BTRA is preferable agency as it is
oldest, trusted and Renowned textile
Research institute
having qualified and shop floor experienced
scientist who knows better practical aspects
on shop floor

NEED STRONG POSITIVE SUPPORT FROM MPCB

BTRA working for environmental protection

Working on Plasma processing Technology

water less clean technology
Effluent treatment with reduced chemical
dosage and more water cleaning efficiency by
radiation technology
Evaluation and improvement program through
plant audit- suggestions for water and energy
conservation on all the activities on shop floor.
Let us join our hands and
move towards excellence

Thank You