Textile dye plants, regarded as major polluters, were among the first dominos to fall. Their numbers have dropped steeply, from over 1000 in 1990 to a mere 300-odd survivors today.
當時被視為高污染產業的紡織染整是首當其衝的第一張骨牌，廠房家數從當時的千餘家銳減至近年的三百多家。