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Article

10 Jun 2013

Author:
Shelly Banjo, Wall Street Journal

After the Flood: Fabric Firms Hope for Dry Spell in Dyeing

The traditional process used to dye fabrics...results in billions of gallons of toxic chemicals being dumped into waterways and generates a fifth of the world's industrial water pollution, according to the World Bank...[Some] startups are offering new technologies that promise to reduce—or eliminate—the water, energy and chemicals needed to change the color of fabrics... DyeCoo Textile Systems...has developed a machine that substitutes carbon dioxide for water in the dyeing process... Nike...and...IKEA have both invested in DyeCoo. "...water scarcity is already a huge issue," says Hannah Jones, head of sustainable business at Nike. "By investing in this technology, we are trying to figure out how to decouple our manufacturing process from scarce resources likes water." [also refers to Color Zen, AirDye Solutions, DyeCoo Textile Systems, Ikea, Adidas, Yeh Group]