Mobile lab to help reduce pollution in city RMG factories

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UNB, Dhaka :
A mobile testing laboratory for waste water and sludge generated by effluent treatment plants in the readymade garments (RMG) factories was inaugurated in the city on Monday, aiming to help reduce pollution.
The laboratory is equipped with sampling and measuring instruments and accessories and offers on-the-spot testing and sampling services for washing, dyeing and finishing plants in the RMG sector. During the inauguration of the mobile testing laboratory, the keys to the vehicle were handed over to Bratin Roy, Vice President, TÜV SÜD Bangladesh by the Deputy Head of the Embassy of
Germany in Dhaka, Dr Ferdinand von Weyhe. TÜV SÜD Bangladesh is wholly owned subsidiary of the TÜV SÜD Group, a leading certification, testing, auditing, inspection and training organisation. Md Muslehuddin, Deputy Chief – Planning, Ministry of Commerce, factory owners and representatives from garments buyers and service providers were present.
Dr von Weyhe said consumers in Europe ‘do care about the environmental conditions’ under which RMG is produced in Bangladesh.
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