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CINET Sustainability of industrial laundering
Dutch drycleaner awarded with “Green ribbon” for outstanding sustainable performance
Texon Textile Cleaning from Tilburg, the Netherlands received a “Green ribbon award” from the Dutch political party Groen Links (Green Left) on 26 May 2012. The “Green ribbon” represents an outstanding performance on sustainability and shows a clear appreciation for the efforts of the Dutch Textile Cleaning industry on sustainability in the past years. This award should not only be seen as an appreciation, but also demonstrates the acceptance of Professional Textile Cleaning as a highly sustainable activity within society. Texon Textile Cleaning is working according the E-Dryclean educational program that provides PTC professionals with Best Practices in Safe & Sustainable Processing in Professional Textile Cleaning.
International Standard in Safe & Sustainable Processing
CINET will present the International Standard in Safe & Sustainable Processing to members and press on Sunday 6 May at 12.30hrs (Genius Room, Hall 9.1) at Texcare Frankfurt. This new standard will be signed by participating experts from all over the world.
Green Ribbon
The “Green Ribbon” is provided on a yearly basis by Dutch political party Groen Links to individuals, social organizations or entrepreneurs who distinguish themselves in the field of environmental
protection, energy efficiency and corporate social responsibility. Texon is the first drycleaner ever to receive such an important award.
Experts sign International Standard in Safe & Sustainable Textile Cleaning!
May 6 at Texcare International in Frankfurt, The international umbrella organisation for the professional textile care industry CINET presented a new international standard in Safe & Sustainable Textile Cleaning. 10 international experts from 3 different continents signed a reference document including Best Practices in Safe & Sustainable processing for the Professional Textile Care industry at the CINET Global Info Square Meeting. The international associations participating in the project are: Drycleaning & Laundry Institute (US), ECSA (BE), Donghua University Shanghai (CN), CTTN-IREN (FR), TKT (NL), Gremi de Tintores I Bugaders (ES), Laundry Network Singapore (SG), Textile Testing Institute (CZ), Organisation for Applied Scientific Research TNO (NL) and CINET.
Sustainable future for everyone!
The signing of the reference document marks the start of an internal promotion program providing documentation and information on Best Practices in Safe & Sustainable Textile Cleaning. CINET provides the online training program E-Dryclean to explain the sustainability of modern PTC operations and guide PTC professionals to safe, sustainable and globally accepted working processes that are 2-3 times more sustainable than domestic textile cleaning. The training program will be available for all interested PTC professionals that can subscribe to the program at http://www.cinet-online.net/edryclean/. After successfully finishing the training program a “Sustainable Textile Cleaner Certificate” will be provided to the graduate which allows PTC professionals to demonstrate their sustainability. The certificate profiles the drycleaner as a modern, professional and sustainable textile cleaner.
E-Dryclean
The online E-DryClean training program was set up in November 2008. The aim of the project is to establish a European technological reference of best practices for safe and sustainable working conditions to work with a variety of textile cleaning processes that comply with new European, as well as national, legislation. Six modules in 7 languages for sustainable dry cleaning processing are developed, presenting the latest safe and sustainable working methods. CINET the International Committee of Textile Care (CINET), is the umbrella organization pooling national textile care associations, research institutes, suppliers and PTC professionals worldwide. CINET´s international mission is to build a Global Network of industry experts and represent and promote the textile care industry. The global partnership of CINET consists of 48 members and 103 liaisons coming from 45 different countries.
From left to right:
D. Vanmeirhaeghe (CINET), T.P. Chan (LNS), H. Gooijer (TKT), W. Marquardt (ECSA), C. Tebbs (DLI), A. Puértolas Campo & J. Muntané I Rabadan (GTiB) and P. Wennekes (CINET)
CINET to present “FTN App Store Textile Service 2030” book
CINET will present the International “App Store Textile Service 2030” book at Texcare International in Frankfurt. This book is derived from the Roadmap Textile Service 2030 project of FTN (the Dutch Textile Service Association). FTN commissioned a project in 2011 to describe the market conditions in 2030. The main objective of this project was to identify an innovation program and research projects to modernize the textile care industry and prepare for market demand in the future. This book describes the expected market demand and necessary technological changes needed to respond to this market demand. The “App Store Textile Service 80% reduction of energy consumption” research program was launched in the Netherlands in November 2011 and will be launched in Europe at Texcare Frankfurt.
100 project idea’s The “App Store Textile Service 2030” study developed a future plan for textile services including innovations in the fields of textile materials, new and targeted functionalization and care techniques, information and communication technology and logistics. These tasks are grouped into 16 innovational topics. These cover some 100 project ideas for (inter)national prospects for the short, medium and longer term. These were supported by FTN-members with a letter of intent for a total value of almost 9 million euro for the next 5 years. Experts who are part of the project estimated that the implementation of the new research program can realize a reduce of energy consumption of 80% .
CINET the International Committee of Textile Care (CINET), is the umbrella organization pooling national textile care associations, research institutes, suppliers and PTC professionals worldwide. CINET´s international mission is to build a Global Network of industry experts and represent and promote the textile care industry. The global partnership of CINET consists of 48 members and 103 liaisons coming from 45 different countries.
International standard safe and sustainability textile cleaning
CINET presents international standard in Safe & Sustainable Textile Cleaning.
The international umbrella organisation for the professional textile care industry, CINET developed an international standard in safe & sustainable textile cleaning. This international standard complies with international norms and is accepted by esteemed international experts from all over the world. CINET provides an extensive training program (E-Dryclean) of best practices in safe & sustainable textile cleaning together with 14 international partners. The training program explains the sustainability of modern PTC operations and guide PTC professionals to safe, sustainable and globally accepted working processes that are 2-3 times more sustainable than domestic textile cleaning. The international standard reference document in safe & sustainable textile cleaning will be signed by participating international experts and officially presented to the trade press on Sunday 6 May after the CINET Info Square Meeting (12.30hrs: Genius Room – Hall 9.1) at Texcare International in Frankfurt (Germany).
Certificate Sustainable Textile Cleaner
Following the new international standard in safe & sustainable textile cleaning, the “Certificate Sustainable Textile Cleaner” allows PTC professionals to demonstrate their sustainability. The certificate profiles the drycleaner as a modern, professional and sustainable textile cleaner, who executes textile cleaning processes and handle chemical solvents in a sustainable and safe way. The certificate underlines an environmental friendly approach 2-3 times more sustainable compared to domestic textile cleaning. The certificate can be achieved by a successful completion of the online E-Dryclean training program. The E-Dryclean training program specifically focusses on the training of PTC professionals regarding sustainable handling of cleaning machinery and chemical solvents and derived from the international best reference standard in sustainability developed by CINET two years ago.
E-Dryclean
The online E-DryClean training program was set up and initiated by an international consortium of 15 partners including CINET, in November 2008. The aim of the project is to establish a European technological reference of best practices for safe and sustainable working conditions to work with a variety of textile cleaning processes that comply with new European, as well as national, legislation. Six modules for sustainable dry cleaning processing are developed, presenting the latest safe and sustainable working methods.
CINET
the International Committee of Textile Care (CINET), is the umbrella organization pooling national textile care associations, research institutes, suppliers and PTC professionals worldwide. CINET´s international mission is to build a Global Network of industry experts and represent and promote the textile care industry. The global partnership of CINET consists of 48 members and 103 liaisons coming from 45 different countries.
For more information you can contact:
CINET Secretariat
Postbus 10
4060 GA Ophemert
Tel: 0344 650 430
Fax: 0344 652 665
E-mail: cinet@cinet-online.net
Website: www.cinet-online.net
Professional Textile Cleaning; 2-3 times more sustainable compared to domestic textile cleaning
Last year CINET commissioned a new benchmark study organized by the Dutch Technological Knowledge center Textile care (TKT) and conducted by the esteemed and independent Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research (TNO) from January until March 2012. The study compared the environmental impact of professional textile care including traditional and new alternative solvents with the domestic textile cleaning. The conclusion derived from the study is that “Professional Textile Cleaning based on the working methodology of E-Dryclean, has a 2 to 3 times lower impact on the environment than the average domestic washing process. TKT will present the results in more detail for members at CINET’s Global Info Square meeting during Texcare International (10.00hrs; Genius Room – Hall 9.1).
More alternative solvents
The research includes a comparison of traditional solvents (Perc, Hydrocarbon) and alternative solvents (iPura, Siloxane D5, Rynex E3, Solvon K4 and wetcleaning) with domestic textile cleaning, looking at the environmental impact of the different cleaning methods. The study is an extension of a similar study conducted in 2011, but includes new alternative solvents Ipura, Rynex E3 and Solvon K4. The conclusion of the research is based on equal textile load and equal processes (cleaning / washing and drying), including the environmental effects coming from the production of the consumed resources, the generation of the energy consumed during cleaning and the emissions (water, solvent, detergent).
CINET
the International Committee of Textile Care (CINET), is the umbrella organization pooling national textile care associations, research institutes, suppliers and PTC professionals worldwide. CINET´s international mission is to build a Global Network of industry experts and represent and promote the textile care industry. The global partnership of CINET consists of 48 members and 103 liaisons coming from 45 different countries.
For more information you can contact:
CINET Secretariat
Postbus 10
4060 GA Ophemert
Tel: 0344 650 430
Fax: 0344 652 665
E-mail: cinet@cinet-online.net
Website: www.cinet-online.net
Year Report 2011
CINET profile projects actionplan 2011
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CINET profile 2010
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