COLOUR EARTH - Regenerative Plant-based Textile Printing Process

OSMOSE是一家材料科学和时尚设计公司，使用基于植物的解决方案为时尚应用开发低影响的纺织品染色工艺。**彩色地球**我们的项目彩色地球**将开发一种经过实验室测试的可持续纺织品染色和印花解决方案，该解决方案可以大规模应用。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，并解决英国土地稀缺和土壤健康危机。**合成染料对环境的影响**服装染色和处理造成全球25%的水污染，\[[麦肯锡2020][0]\]目前有8000多种化学品用于时尚\[共同目标，2017\]。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[CNN，2020][1]。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的过程生产。它们产生危险的废水、固体废物和空气污染。它们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，从制衣工人到终端消费者都是已知的致癌物\[生物技术研究与创新][2]，2019年\]。这在远东和中东造成了灾难性的环境和健康危机，那里是大多数纺织品加工的地方。此外，任何应用于有机纺织纤维的合成染色工艺都会否定其生物降解性证书。[[Kumar，2018][3]**低影响的生物染料替代品**随着对植物性和可持续生产的服装的需求呈指数级增长\[[Businesswire，2021][4]\]显然需要流行的低影响和可再生的供应链和生产流程。无水或基于气体的新型染色解决方案仍使用合成化合物。目前，这些措施的成本太高，各品牌无法在更大范围内实施。另一方面，时尚中广泛使用的制版和着色工艺丝网印刷仍未与天然颜料相结合进行探索，因为它仍然依赖于合成染料和粘合剂。**我们的解决方案：可再生的、植物为基础的低化学印花浆配方**我们将开发并制作一种低成本、低用水量的纺织品印花应用程序，它依赖于高度可再生的天然颜料。与我们的合作伙伴一起，我们将建立一个以植物为基础、具有弹性、总部位于英国的纺织品印花工艺，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://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/

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/