Swiss Green Process Eliminates Dangerous Textile Chemicals

A new study from Lund University, Sweden, claims that one kind of green The technology can clean up the most dangerous chemicals, which are used for textile dyes and then dumped into rivers and farmlands.

Maria (Maria Jonstrup), a biotech Ph.D. at Lund University, Sweden, developed the technology by testing fungi enzymes and bacteria in textile industrial drainage channels and municipal sewage treatment plants in.

However, only when she combines two different purification processes, one is biological process, the other is chemical process, finally, there is a breakthrough.

First, microbes will be used in reactors. dyestuff Decomposition. This biotechnology is the most important step. However, to ensure that water is completely purified, some chemicals are also used.

Under the action of UV (ultraviolet) light, a small amount of iron combines with hydrogen peroxide to break down even the most difficult structure, she explains.

If laboratory scale experiments are effective, Jonstrup says, in real life, it is likely to be effective too.

In the long run, she said, this technology should be used in textile factories in India, China and Bangladesh.

In some places, biological and chemical purification methods have been used, but these methods have little effect, which means that a large number of dangerous chemicals are released.

This technology will be tested in many water for many years, reflecting the real conditions of the textile mill.