Environmental Protection Bureau Night Check Again Limit Production, Printing And Dyeing Enterprises To Green Clearance Why So Difficult?

At present, the textile industry is facing multiple challenges due to factors such as the impact of the epidemic and the pressure from the economic downturn. In order to restore the economy, should environmental protection be temporarily allowed?

The answer is naturally negative.

Recently, the Environmental Protection Bureau of Wujiang District of Suzhou City, Jiangsu Province issued a notice. Due to the excessive content of antimony in Tai Pu Lake, all enterprises limited production by 50%, and the time of resuming normal production was announced.

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The market is not good enough.

Antimony plays an important role in the textile industry. It is an important part of the antimony halide flame retardant system. It is also a common catalyst for producing polyester fibers. At the same time, antimony is also found in some textile chemicals such as dyes. The limitation of production is mainly related to the textile printing and dyeing enterprises in Ping Wang town of Wujiang district.

Public information shows that there are 778 textile enterprises in Ping Wang Town, of which 15 are chemical fiber production enterprises. Among these 15 enterprises, there are 5 polyester filament production enterprises, with an annual capacity of 1 million 250 thousand tons, and 5 polyester staple production enterprises, with an annual capacity of 70 thousand tons. In addition, there are 4 cotton spinning enterprises with an annual capacity of 700 thousand yuan. There are about 706 weaving enterprises, 60 thousand water jet looms, 5 billion tons of chemical fiber cloth each year, 4000 air-jet looms, and an annual output of 300 million meters. After dyeing and finishing, there are 43 enterprises, with an annual output of 3 billion meters of finished cloth. There are 14 garment enterprises, producing 8 million kinds of underwear and clothing.

Insiders pointed out that, according to past experience, the limited production measures caused by single index exceeding the standard often do not last for a long time, so long as the index returns to normal, the corresponding measures will end.

"The impact of this reduction on our dyeing plant is relatively small, because the current operating rate of the factory itself is about 5%, so the recent regulation has no impact on the production capacity." "We have a lot of foreign trade business, and now the looms are half open. This limited production has no impact on business." "At present, some of our dyeing factories have begun to limit production, but the company's orders are limited, so all work is done as usual." Related platform research shows that, due to the textile enterprises in the recent reduction of orders, most textile enterprises in Wujiang region said, short time limit production 50% has little impact.

Difficult to remove chronic diseases

The dilemma of "price war"

According to data monitoring of China silk net, as of May 29th, the opening rate of water jet looms in Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces was 75%, down nearly 15% compared with the same period in previous years.

However, what is worth pondering is that in recent years, because of the excessive content of antimony in the Tai Pu River, the textile enterprises in Wujiang have limited production and production for many times.

As early as July 2014, when water samples were detected in the drinking water sources of Tai Pu River in Jiangsu, Shanghai and Zhejiang, Zhejiang discovered that the content of antimony in the water samples exceeded the standard. Subsequently, the Wujiang area stopped production and limited production for printing and dyeing enterprises.

In June 15, 2017, the printing and dyeing plant in Wujiang District stopped producing 50% of the antimony content of the Tai Pu River.

In June 25, 2017, the Wujiang area was also over alert because of the antimony index, and all the printing and dyeing enterprises ceased production.

In August 4, 2018, due to the excessive concentration of antimony in the control sections along the Tai Pu River, the Environmental Protection Bureau of Wujiang District stopped polluting the printing and dyeing enterprises and related sewage treatment plants.

This time, the printing and dyeing enterprises are limited by the excessive production of antimony in Tai Pu Lake. Is it a relapse or a chronic disease?

Insiders pointed out that due to the homogenization of the textile industry, many products caused fierce competition among enterprises. In order to win the favor of downstream brands, many upstream manufacturers would choose to squeeze profit margins and make products more competitive. However, the production cost of an enterprise can not be reduced too much. Reducing the cost of environmental protection has become a method adopted by many enterprises. Especially in this year's poor market situation, this has become a "routine operation".

Wang Xiaojun, Professor of environmental science and engineering of South China University of Technology, pointed out that environmental problems are also economic problems, and environmental protection without considering economic factors is difficult to sustain. "The construction of environmental protection facilities in enterprises needs huge capital investment, and the operation of environmental protection facilities also requires continuous investment. It is imperative for enterprises to learn how to maximize the benefits of environmental protection with limited funds. The most important thing is to use the most economical means to reduce pollution load most efficiently.

Under the epidemic situation

Environmental enforcement needs to be optimized

There is no doubt that this year's environmental storm has not been weakened. In addition to the limited production of textile enterprises in Wujiang, recently, the Foshan Ecological Environment Bureau of Guangdong Province announced that it will continue to strengthen the inspection of enterprises, and plans to close the relocation of some printing and dyeing enterprises by the end of this year. 3 textile enterprises in Changshou City, Jiangsu Province, were also found to be in breach of the law because they were punished over 250 thousand yuan for illegal activities without environmental approvals.

"It can not be denied that individual enterprises do exist illegal activities, resulting in environmental pollution, which makes people feel very sad. For these enterprises to find one place, they should manage one place. But as far as I know, some enterprises punished are actually supporting environmental protection policies, but they do not know how to transform them. The person in charge of printing and dyeing enterprises, who did not want to be named, told reporters that during her communication with her colleagues, some enterprises had asked some questions about the use of environmental protection equipment by the local authorities, but the answers from the relevant departments were rather vague.

Fortunately, however, this situation is becoming less and less.

Recently, the Xiuzhou District of Jiaxing, Zhejiang province has launched a pilot project to carry out the treatment of odor and exhaust gases from printing and dyeing enterprises. "We set up a" good recipe "for environmental remediation in key areas. With the aim of shutting down a batch of batches and renovating a number of works, we formulated the" odor and waste gas remediation technology plan "according to the requirements of" one enterprise and one plan ", and designed a customized version for every printing and dyeing enterprise. The relevant person in charge of the Environmental Protection Bureau of the area introduced that in the actual rectification process, the implementation of the regulation should be carried out step by step and strictly set up the standards for regulation and acceptance.

"Under the double pressure of the epidemic and the traditional off-season, if the punishment is relatively rigid, it may have a greater impact on the production and operation activities of enterprises." Another industry insider suggested that printing and dyeing enterprises could discharge excessive standards or other irregularities and credit interest rates, or use green supply chain means to allocate market resources to those willing to be responsible and responsible, so that enterprises have the will and ability to do well in pollution prevention and control, energy conservation and emission reduction, and the profits may be even higher.