COLOUR EARTH - Regenerative Plant-based Textile Printing Process

Osmose是一家材料科学和时装设计公司，使用植物性解决方案开发用于时装应用的低影响纺织品染色工艺。彩色地球 ** 我们的彩色地球项目将开发一种经过实验室测试的可持续纺织印染解决方案，可大规模应用。它将与概念验证相结合，在当地生产天然颜料，以支持全新的供应链，并解决英国的土地稀缺和土壤健康危机。合成染料对环境的影响 ** 服装的染色和处理占全球所有水污染的25%，目前时尚界使用的化学品超过8000种。纺织品的处理带来了巨大的环境挑战，生物多样性、水道、土地和整个生态系统正在大规模缓慢退化。合成染料由化石燃料和重金属衍生化合物制成，通过提取和不可再生工艺生产。它们会产生有害的废水、固体废物和空气污染物，不仅对水生生物和其他陆地哺乳动物有毒，还影响人类健康，从服装工人到终端消费者，它们是已知的致癌物。这在远东和中东地区造成了灾难性的环境和健康危机，那里进行了大部分纺织品加工。此外，任何应用于有机纺织纤维的合成染色工艺都否定了它们的生物降解能力。\[[Kumar，2018][3]\]** 低影响的生物基染料替代品 ** 随着对植物基和可持续生产的服装的需求呈指数级增长\[[Businesswire，2021][4]\]，时尚界显然需要低影响和可再生的供应链和生产工艺。新型无水或气体基染色解决方案仍然使用合成化合物。它们目前成本太高，品牌无法在更大范围内实施。\[[Earth911，2014][5]\]另一方面，丝网印刷，一种在时尚界广泛使用的图案制作和着色工艺，与天然颜料的结合仍未被探索，因为它仍然依赖于合成染料和粘合剂。我们的解决方案：可再生、植物基和低化学品印花浆配方 ** 我们将开发和原型设计一种低成本、低用水量的纺织品印花应用，该应用依赖于高度可再生的天然颜料。我们将与合作伙伴一起建立一种基于植物的、有弹性的、基于英国的纺织品印花工艺，以支持我们行业的可持续转型。[0]：https：//www. mckinsey. com/industries/retail/our-insights/biodiversity-the-next-frontier-in-sustainable-fashion [1]：https：//edition.cnn.com/style/article/dyeing-pollution-fashion-intl-hnk-dst-sept/index.html [2]：https：网址：http：//www.sciencedirect.com/journal/biotechnology-research-and-innovation [3]：https：//www. researchgate. net/publication/324214252_环保染料和染色_You_may_download_the_paper_from_the_following_link_httpsciedtecheujournalsadvmtenvscicopy@rent-issue [4]：https：//www. businesswire. com/news/home/20210111005582/en/2020年全球道德时尚市场报告-机遇战略-COVID-1 9-影响-增长-和-变化-2019 - 2030-ResearchAndMarkets. com [5]：www.example.com

Osmose is a material science and fashion design company developing low-impact textile dyeing processes for fashion applications using plant-based solutions.**COLOUR EARTH**Our project Colour Earth will develop a lab-tested sustainable textile dyeing and printing solution that can be applied at scale. It will be combined with a proof of concept to produce natural pigments locally that can support an entirely new supply chain and answer the land scarcity and soil health crisis in the UK.**The impact of synthetic dyes on the environment**The dyeing and treatment of clothing is globally responsible for 25% of all water pollution, \[[McKinsey 2020][0]\] with more than 8000 chemicals currently used in fashion \[Common Objective,2017\]. The treatment of textiles creates huge environmental challenges where biodiversity, waterways, land and entire ecosystems are being slowly degraded on a large scale \[[CNN,2020][1]\].Made from fossil fuel and heavy metal-derived compounds, synthetic dyes are produced from extractive and non-renewable processes. They create hazardous wastewater, solid waste and air pollutants.They are not only toxic to aquatic life and other land mammals, they also impact human health, from garment workers to end consumers as known carcinogens \[[Biotechnology Research and Innovation][2], 2019\]. This creates disastrous environmental and health crisis in the Far and Middle East where most textile processing is carried out. Additionally, any synthetic dyeing process applied to organic textile fibre negates their biodegradability credentials. \[[Kumar,2018][3]\]**Low impact bio-based dye alternatives**With the demand for plant-based and sustainably produced clothing growing exponentially \[[Businesswire,2021][4]\] there is a clear need for low impact and regenerative supply chains and production processes in fashion.Novel dyeing solutions that are waterless, or gas-based still utilise synthetic compounds. They are currently too costly for brands to implement on a wider scale. \[[Earth911,2014][5]\]Ont he other hand, screen-printing, a widely used pattern-making and colouring process in fashion remains unexplored in combination with natural pigments, as it still relies on synthetic dyes and binders.**Our solution : Regenerative, plant-based and low chemical print paste formula**We will develop and prototype a low-cost, low-water usage textile printing application that relies on highly renewable natural pigments.With our collaborators, we will establish a plant-based, resilient, UK-based textile printing process to support the sustainable transition in our industry.[0]: https://www.mckinsey.com/industries/retail/our-insights/biodiversity-the-next-frontier-in-sustainable-fashion[1]: https://edition.cnn.com/style/article/dyeing-pollution-fashion-intl-hnk-dst-sept/index.html[2]: https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/biotechnology-research-and-innovation[3]: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/324214252_Eco-friendly_dyes_and_dyeing_You_may_download_the_paper_from_the_following_link_httpsciedtecheujournalsadvmtenvscicurrent-issue[4]: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20210111005582/en/Global-Ethical-Fashion-Market-Report-2020-Opportunities-Strategies-COVID-19-Impacts-Growth-and-Change-2019-2030---ResearchAndMarkets.com[5]: https://earth911.com/style/waterless-dyeing-cleaning-fashion/