On Dec. 31, 2013, in conjunction with the phaseout program that TRSA and the EPA agreed to in 2010, liquid industrial laundry detergents may no longer contain nonylphenol ethoxylates (NPEs). This process started in 2008 with EPA regulations and will wrap up on Jan. 1, 2015, with the complete phaseout of NPEs from both liquid and powder laundry detergents. 
 
For some background, in 2008, the EPA issued an Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPRM) regarding nonylphenol ethoxylate (NPE) substances. The ANPRM could have required every commercial laundry facility to install air-monitoring equipment. The associated compliance requirements would ...