Gamechanger in the world of textile dye
The textile dye industry is the world's second largest polluter of drinking water. The chemicals used during the dye process of (synthetic) textile materials, are usually drained into open waters. However, the textile industry is working to change that by creating the world’s first waterless and non-chemical textile dye plant – a leap forward in making the process more sustainable.
Dutch company CleanDye has developed the world’s first machines for textile dyeing that do not use water or chemicals in the textile dye process. Instead of using water as a detergent for their colouring system, they use CO2. These machines are currently in large-scale commercial use in Taiwan and Thailand, and are considered the new standard in the textile dye industry.