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Mercerisation alkali requirement
Global Organic Textile Standard·clause 4.2.6.5 Mercerisation·p.25
The requirement
Global Organic Textile Standard clause 4.2.6.5 Mercerisation — words not shown. Read it at the source. The publisher reserves the right to its wording and sells access to it. The clause is held and cited here, and its words are read at the source.
The clause is held and verified. Only its words are withheld.
Klar Cite classification — not the standard’s words
Addresses: recycling of alkali used in mercerisation
written by a model, checked against the clause
What the product must meet
- Exemptions
- ! EXCEPTION: Ammonia may be allowed and used for mercerisation of cotton only if performed in a closed-loop system and only if a minimum of 99% of the ammonia is recycled in such a system
How it is proven
- Who checks it
- Applicant declares — a signed statement from the applicant
How Klar Cite classifies it
Klar Cite’s reading of the clause, not the scheme’s own claim.
- What it asks
- Disclose — information the applicant must provide
- Standing
- Required — must be met for the credential
- Impact area
- Circular Economy — the CMF area the clause addresses
Cite this clause
Global Organic Textile Standard · Global Organic Textile Standard · version v7.0 · clause 4.2.6.5 Mercerisation · page 25 · build 2026-10-05-0439 · https://klarcite.com/r/dcd84ec23b88fe2d
Record details
Page 25, Table - Pre-treatment and Other Wet Processing Stages. Read in build 2026-10-05-0439, harvested 2026-10-05.
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