Most of the discussion in sustainable textiles has centered around the fibers--manufacturers making a switch to organic cotton, or creating fabrics from natural, easily-renewable materials like ...

Electro-catalytic Reduction: A process that utilises electrochemistry to reduce a dye precursor, enabling its transformation into a chromophore that bonds with textile fibres.

Textile Industry Could Get A "Charge" Out Of Greener Dyeing Process Date: August 23, 2001 Source: North Carolina State University Summary: A textile scientist at North Carolina State University is ...

Conventional textile dyeing methods, characterized by their excessive water consumption and reliance on toxic chemicals, present a formidable challenge to sustainability — a single kilogram of fabric ...

We take a look at what dope dyeing is, and how it’s getting us one step closer to reducing our carbon footprint while we ...

Ever Dye has developed a novel chemical process allowing dyeing mills to dye textiles faster, using less energy and without petrochemicals. The EUR3.4m (US$3.7m) seed round was led by Maki.vc and ...

Textile chemicals specialist Archroma has launched an optical brightening agent that is being used in what the company claims is the world's first process chemical-free and water-free dyeing solution.

In their test runs, the researchers have produced gloves that can digitally capture hand movements, a zipper that transmits different electric currents depending on the degree of opening, and sports ...

Tel Aviv University archaeologists have revealed that cloth samples found in the Israeli desert present the earliest evidence of plant-based textile dyeing in the region. They were found at a ...