THE PROBLEM
The textile industry is extremely price sensitive, generating around three trillion dollars every year. But the process of fabricating, dyeing, and exporting clothes releases harmful toxins into the environment and wastes precious resources. "Dye houses in India and China are notorious for not only exhausting local water supplies, but for dumping untreated wastewater into local streams and rivers."Efforts are made to use less water and energy in dyeing fabrics but this is only prolonging the current environmental disaster.
WHAT WE DO
Waterless Dyeing is the Future
While sustainable methods to cut down water waste are employed, they only prolong the problem and still waste tons of resources. However, three major companies have attempted to solve this issue by adopting waterless technologies. Check out the next page to see some of these companies and their efforts in reducing water waste.