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Synthetic Dyes are Designed to be Recalcitrant, With Most Being Non-Biodegradable

Synthetic Dyes are Designed to be Recalcitrant, With Most Being Non-Biodegradable
A wrong righted The late Ann Shankar, a keen student of textile history, visited libraries in Mumbai, Kolkata and Delhi and in England to compile a list of over 500 plants that had been recorded by the British botanists, whose parts were used as textile dyes. During this study, she was aghast to learn that her direct ancestor, the first Governor-General of India, had ordered this study in order to transfer the intellectual property of Indian dyers to England. She used her inheritance to support BioDye India Pvt Ltd in its formative stage. BioDye India Pvt Ltd
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  • 18 April 2023
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  • 18 April 2023

As the textile-apparel-fashion industry oscillates from greenwashing to greenhushing and greenblushing, a critical component of the backend is the dye. While it is becoming increasingly critical for manufacturers to shift to natural dyes, what also needs to be done is make them as popular as their synthetic counterparts and educate the customer about their basic goodness, mechanise dyeing and grow more raw materials so as to reduce the cost of the dyed product.

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