1 Evaluation and practical application of BREF in the Flemish textile industry Index cards of BAT Ilse De Vreese Bucharest COST 628, WG1 (17/03/05)

2 background  IPPC directive:  July 2003: Best Available Techniques REFerence document for Textiles Industry  available via:  companies with production capacity of 10 ton/d should produce according to BREF by 30/10/07

3 difficulties  BREF document:  624 pages  not available in Dutch  result of information exchange on European level  SME’s and big companies:  volume and language: threshold  implementation of BREF in Flemish companies with their specific processes and market segments

4 PRESTI project  Flemish programme: PREvention STImulation project  BREF as tool to encourage companies to control their impact on the environment  end product: Manual for practical implementation of the BREF document in the Flemish textile finishing companies  “translated” index cards: into Dutch and compared (or translated) to the situation in Flanders  initiatives for announcing and use of this Manual (companies and government)

5 gather information  selection of 10 companies:  from small to big  commission finishers and integrated companies  raw materials: natural and synthetic  make up: yarn, fabric, knitwear, carpet  batch, continuous processing  end product: interior, clothing, technical, intermediates

6 BREF document  chapter 5 (together with chapter 4):  Generic BAT  Process integrated measures: textile finishing and carpet industry  pretreatment  dyeing  printing  finishing  washing  Effluent treatment

7 kind of information  to what extent the BAT are applicated  advantages (economical and ecological) per technique  reason why a techniques is much, little or not applicated  conflicts between application of BAT and obligations in exploitation permit  conditions for application of BAT in Flemish companies: size of company, importance of activity, …  alternatives to BAT used in Flemish companies  focus on prevention or end of pipe techniques

8 manual  Best Available Techniques divided in:  general  process  product

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12 dissemination  organisation of 3 workshops for companies:  environmental coordinator  production responsible  importance of IPPC and BREF  how to use the index cards  stimulation to use the index cards in the companies

13 dissemination  organisation of 2 workshops for the government:  people involved in the writing of permits and sectoral norms for discharge of wastewater  image of the sector and typical products / processes in Flanders  how to use the index cards  stimulation to use the index cards in the writing of obligations in the permits