Strengthening The Management Of High Pollution Links To China In Textile Industry

Recently, five environmental organizations in China jointly published research reports, pointing out that printing and dyeing and finishing are the main products.

The raw materials processing industry is concentrating in China. Due to the serious pollution in this link, Martha, general merchandise, Disney and other international brand suppliers have caused many environmental problems.

Friends of nature, public environment research center, Dahl asked, circle friends technology and Nanjing green stone five environmental protection organizations jointly issued the second phase "green choice Textile Industry Research Report" in October 8th.

According to the survey report, due to the appreciation of the renminbi, the increase of raw materials and labor costs, garment processing has gradually moved out of China and flows to Southeast Asian countries such as Vietnam and Kampuchea.

China's printing and dyeing and finishing industry has the advantages of high industrial cluster, complete industrial chain and abundant raw materials, so that the production of printing and dyeing and finishing products will be concentrated in China and exports will grow steadily.

According to the industrial change in the textile industry, the environmental protection organizations reported that China has lost many jobs in its garment processing industry, and has low energy consumption and low pollution. However, China's capital intensive dyeing and finishing links are hard to generate a large number of jobs and a large amount of pollution emissions.

The data released in the report show that in the four main processes of printing and dyeing, fabric production, printing and dyeing and garment processing, water consumption accounts for 85%, energy consumption accounts for 80%, and chemical consumption accounts for 65%.

According to "2011/2012 China Textile Industry Development Report", the export volume of China's six major categories of printing and dyeing products is 14 billion 412 million meters, an increase of 13.76% over the same period last year.

The export volume of printing and dyeing products was 16 billion 979 million US dollars, an increase of 31.26% compared with the same period last year, while the total value of textile exports increased by only 0.49% during the same period.

According to the survey report, China's environmental supervision is weak, its environmental litigation is difficult, and its resource cost is low.

Enterprises generally lack the power of water-saving, energy saving and emission reduction, and many environmental problems have emerged.

The 22 Brand Company, such as Martha, Disney, Polo Ralph Lauren, Tommy Hilfiger T, P.C PENNY, are negligent in the management of material suppliers, letting the polluting enterprises cause damage to the environment and communities.

The Zhejiang Qingmao textile printing and dyeing Co., Ltd. and Qingfeng textile printing and dyeing Co., Ltd., under the banner of Hongkong Qingye group, are the main suppliers of Martha's department stores. These suppliers have been investigated by the environmental protection organizations to have environmental pollution problems, which have caused severe impact on the health of the residents in the vicinity of the factory.

Hu Hongping, the village of Tang tou village near the Qing Mao company, told Caixin reporters that dozens of families lived near the factory. Since the Qing Mao company opened in 2001, the air would be very unpleasant whenever the west wind blows.

She said, "when the smell is heavy, children at home often feel nosebleed and feel dizzy."

Villagers repeatedly complained about pollution to Shaoxing Environmental Protection Bureau and Qing Mao company.

In June 2010, the Environmental Protection Bureau of Shaoxing issued a notice to suspend the production and rectification of the company, but soon the company resumed production.

The company's main customers include Martha, Polo, Levis, GAP and other international brands, including seven wolves and YISHION.

According to the survey report, in addition to the above two enterprises, other suspected suppliers of Martha department store, including Zhejiang Airlines Limited by Share Ltd, Deco (Suzhou) Textile Co., Ltd., Huizhou new Huitong knitting garments Co., Ltd., Jiangsu Wei Chun textile dyeing and finishing Co., Ltd. and other 14 enterprises also have varying degrees of environmental pollution problems.

Wang Jingjing, deputy director of the public environmental research center, a non-profit environmental protection agency registered in Beijing, introduced to Caixin reporter whether the upstream enterprises had any joint and several liability for the environmental protection of the suppliers. The law is currently blank, but the brand enterprises like Martha's department store, all products are outsourced and should be strengthened to manage the suppliers.