WET PROCESSING INDUTRY- A STRONG POTENTIAL TO BECOME COMPLETELY SUSTAINABLE PRACHI GHELOT

In present situation ecological cognizance of individuals about natural products, renewable resources, less ecological harm and sustainability of the products they buy has restored the utilization of natural colors in coloring of textiles. Natural dyes are having some characteristic preferences: No health risks, Simple extraction and purification, No harmful effluent, mild dyeing temperatures and Sustainable sources .

- PRACHI GHELOT

Trainee at TVC

Introduction

Wet processing is of extreme importance in textile industries, which influences the finished products and their quality. Enormous measures of water, chemicals and energy are needed for different phases of wet processing activity. In wet processing, water is used as the solvent for the chemical substances and dyes, in light of its low cost and accessibility. In any case, during the process, water gets polluted with synthetics and unspent dyes and gives an end product- effluent. The toxic effluent is not anything but difficult to treat or biodegrade and is harmful to humans and wildlife, especially the aquatic life. This sort of contamination and medical conditions emerge typically in the conventional method of wet processing. Thus, the elective strategies are important to improve the sustainability of the wet processing process in textile industry.

Following is the collated list of some potential wet processing technologies which can change the wet processing industry into a completely sustainable one-

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