Management of toxic substances: wet processing textile industry sector

There are approximately 60 wet processing textile mills in Canada. The majority of these mills are located in Quebec and Ontario, with a few in the Atlantic provinces. Wet processes are textile manufacturing or production processes that require significant quantities of water. The following textile processes are considered to be wet processes: scouring, neutralizing, desizing, mercerizing, carbonizing, fulling, bleaching, dyeing, finishing or any other wet process.

Substance(s) Managed Under this Source

• Effluents from textile mills that use wet processing
• Nonylphenol and its ethoxylates

Risk Management Strategy

Click on the following link to view strategies and actions recommended to manage risks associated with releases:

• Risk Management Strategy in Respect of Effluents from Textile Mills that Use Wet Processing (TMEs) and Nonylphenol (NP) and its Ethoxylates (NPEs) Under CEPA 1999

Risk Management Tool(s)

Tool(s) developed to manage risks associated with releases:

• Notice Requiring the Preparation and Implementation of Pollution Prevention Plans in Respect of Nonylphenol and its Ethoxylates Used in the Wet Processing Textile Industry and Effluents From Textile Mills that Use Wet Processing

Other Information

• Technical Resource Guide prepared to Assist Wet Processing Textile Mills Required to Prepare and Implement Pollution Prevention Plans
• Fact sheet for the textile sector

Contact

Email address: GR-RM@ec.gc.ca
Fax number: (819) 994-0007

Chemicals Management Division
Environment Canada
Fontaine Building
200 Sacré Coeur Blvd.
Gatineau, Quebec
K1A 0H3

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