Browsing: Zero Liquid Discharge

A A pioneer of water treatment in India with a legacy spanning over five decades, Ion Exchange (India) Ltd. is recognised internationally as a premier company in water and environment management.

On average, an estimated 100 to 150 litres of water is needed to process 1 kg of textile material, with some 28 billion kilos of textiles being dyed annually.

Dollar Industries, one of the leading brands in the hosiery sector with an enviable 15 per cent market share and a good percentage in textile exports of the total production in the Indian hosiery market, has a 1000 kilolitre zero liquid discharge (ZLD) effluent treatment plant to treat water for captive use and correspondingly reduce its reliance on municipal sources.Vinod Kumar Gupta, Managing Director, Dollar Industries, speaks on its ZLD plant set up and wastewater treatment and technologies in India.

ZDHC may sound like Latin and Greek to some, but to eco-conscious industries and citizens, this acronym for The Zero Discharge of Hazardous Chemicals is a Foundation registered in Amsterdam, that puts all its efforts into a mission of eliminating,etc.

LANXESS, a specialty chemicals company, has announced addition to its LewaPlus software suite of reverse osmosis (RO) and ion exchange (IX) system dimensioning capabilities.

Around 15 years back, India embarked on its journey towards Zero Liquid Discharge (ZLD) for industrial units. Though ZLD units seemed far-fetched in the early days, today India has set an example for the world by successfully implementing ZLD projects in many States.

At the recently-concluded FICCI India Chem Awards, Dow India emerged as the Product Innovator of the year in the Chemical Industry for its high performing innovation – DOW FILMTEC FORTILIFE. The award is the highest accolade given in the Chemical Sector category.