Garment and Textile Care Program : an eye to the future : 1998 conference proceedings

300 Pages·1998·20.5 MB·English

by  Garment and Textile Care Program (Design for the Environment Program). National Conference (1998 : Washington, D.C.)

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vxEPA United States Office of Pollution EPA 744-R-98-006
Environmental Protection Prevention and Toxics June 1998
Agency (7406)
Garment and Textile Care Program:
An Eye to the Future
1998 CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS
U.S. EPA

EPA 744-R-98-006
June 1998
Garment and Textile Care Program:
An Eye to the Future
1998 Conference Proceedings
U.S Environmental Protection Agency
Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics
Economics, Exposure and Technology Division (7406)
401 M Street, SW
Washington, DC 20460
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DISCLAIMER
This document has been reviewed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) and approved
for publication. It is based on the experiences and opinions of EPA's Design for the Environment partners
from industry, public interest groups, and research/educational institutions.
The information in this document reflects the opinions of the individual conference speakers. Mention of
trade names, products, or services by those speakers who are not USEPA officials does not convey, and
should not be interpreted as conveying official USEPA approval, endorsement, or recommendation.
Further, any information on product usage, performance, cost, and sales provided by those individual
conference speakers, who are not USEPA officials, was not independently corroborated by USEPA.
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
This publication was produced by the Garment and Textile Care Program staff of the U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The overall Program Manager is Cindy Stroup.
We appreciate the efforts of all of the contributing conference speakers. We especially want to
thank the members of the Conference Planning Committee: David DeRosa, Sylvia Ewing, Bill Fisher,
Bill Seitz, Anthony Star, Mary Ellen Weber, and Manfred Wentz.
A special thanks is extended to EPA interns, Ian Penn and Denise Dickenson for their invaluable
assistance during the conference, as well as the staff of Westat, Inc., and Tascon, Inc.
This document was prepared under EPA Contract number 68-D7-0025 by Westat, Inc., of
Rockville, MD, under the direction of Karen Della Torre and Kurt Patnzi. The EPA Work Assignment
Manager is Cindy Stroup.
To obtain a copy of this or other EPA/Design for the Environment Program (DfE) publications, contact:
EPA’s Pollution Prevention Information Clearinghouse (PPIC)
401 M Street SW (3404)
Washington, DC 20460
202-260-1023
fax: [phone]
e-mail: [email protected]
To learn more about The Garment and Textile Care Program, visit our website at:
http://www.epa.gov/dfe/garment/garment.html
Any questions or comments regarding this document should be addressed to:
Cindy Stroup
Economics, Exposure and Technology Division (7406)
U.S. EPA/OPPT
401 M Street SfV
Washington, DC 20460
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PREFACE
The DfE Garment and Textile Care Program (GTCP) was initiated after a 1992 international
roundtable on drycleaning in which industry leaders and EPA agreed that health and environmental issues
surrounding the drycleaning industry could be addressed effectively through DfE's voluntary, proactive
approach. The project partnership was established to encourage the development and incorporation of
environmentally-preferable cleaning methods which professional cleaners can offer to their customers,
while maintaining or increasing economic viability. Initial efforts focused on the development and
evaluation of new cleanmg methods, the development of technical and training materials, and the
publication of information. In 1996, at the DfE Apparel Care Conference, it was recognized that
decisions made in related industries affect the cleanability of garments, and ultimately the decisions made
by dry cleaners.
Representatives of industries such as garment and textile designers, manufacturers, fiber
producers, drycleaners, and retailers along with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, gathered in
Washington, D.C. on March 31-April 2, 1998, for "Garment and Textile Program: An Eye to the Future."
Participants shared a common goal: To explore how decisions made by other industries affect the
incorporation of environmentally-preferable methods into professional cleaning operations. The
conference was the first step in the evolvement of the GTCP to incorporate a life cycle approach to
identify upstream industrial issues that impact garment care.
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