Impact Of Textile Industry On Environment And Health And Solutions

 

Nowadays, the impact of traditional textile industry on environment and health is mainly reflected in the following aspects:

Consumption of resources: The traditional textile industry needs to consume a lot of water, electricity, coal and other resources, causing resource waste and environmental pollution.

Wastewater discharge: The traditional textile industry will discharge a large amount of wastewater containing pigments, auxiliaries and pollutants in the production process, which contains toxic and harmful substances, seriously polluting the environment and posing a threat to the water ecosystem and human health.

Waste gas emission: The traditional textile industry will produce a large amount of waste gas in the production process, including sulfur dioxide, nitrogen oxides and other pollutants, which have great harm to the environment and human health.

Noise pollution: the traditional textile industry has problems such as machine noise and worker operation noise, which have a negative impact on the daily life and physical and mental health of surrounding residents.

Chemical use: Traditional textile production requires the use of a large number of chemicals, such as dyes, auxiliaries, softeners, etc. Some of which may contain carcinogens and toxic substances, posing a potential threat to the health of production workers and surrounding residents.

In short, the impact of the traditional textile industry on the environment and health cannot be ignored. How to reduce its impact on the environment and health has become an important issue for the development of modern textile industry.

The impact of the textile industry on the environment and health is mainly reflected in the following aspects:

1. Water pollution: The textile industry needs a lot of water resources, and waste water will be discharged in the production process, which contains a lot of harmful substances and pigments, which will pollute the water body.

2. Air pollution: The textile industry uses a large number of chemicals, such as dyes, auxiliaries, etc., which will produce harmful gases and particles, affecting air quality.

3. Soil pollution: chemicals and waste water used in the textile industry may cause soil pollution, affecting the growth of crops and human health.

4. Health problems of workers: long-term exposure of workers to textile chemicals and dust may lead to respiratory diseases, skin allergies and other health problems.

The following measures can be taken to solve the above problems:

1. Improve environmental awareness: strengthen publicity and education on environmental protection issues in the textile industry, so that enterprises and consumers are aware of the impact of the textile industry on the environment and health, and assume corresponding social responsibilities.

2. Promote environmental protection technology: use more environmentally friendly textile processes and technologies, such as low pollution dyes, water treatment equipment, etc., to reduce pollutant emissions.

3. Formulate strict environmental protection standards: establish environmental protection standards and supervision mechanisms, standardize the environmental protection behavior of production enterprises, punish and expose enterprises that do not meet the standards, and form strong constraints.

4. Carry out green supply chain management: establish a green supply chain management system, strengthen the supervision and guidance of suppliers, and promote the development of the entire industry in a more environmentally friendly and sustainable direction.

The impact of the textile industry on the environment and health needs the joint participation and efforts of the whole society to solve, and the joint efforts of all parties can achieve the sustainable development of the textile industry.