Sustainability

Recycling and Upcycling

The World of Upcycling & Recycling

The words upcycling & recycling are often used in the same term. But in a practical sense, both have huge differences in between. Let’s take a look at their world. What is upcycling? Upcycling means making something new from discarded items, without changing the structure or molecular components. Suppose in Bengali households, when we discard […]

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Effluent Treatment Plant

The Journey of Textile Wastewater to Sustainability

Water has become a scarce resource due to strong globalization and industrialization. The textile industry uses a lot of water and generates a large amount of wastewater. Wastewater from textiles is formed with a high chemical content and is dark brown in color. It has a high pH value, high concentration of suspended solids, chlorides,

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Hybrid Pigments

Why Hybrid Pigments are transforming the textile Industry?

The history of the coloring of fabric is almost thousands of years old. Before W. H. Perkins discovered synthetic dyes in 1856, all the coloring pigments were made from natural pigments and oil. Nowadays, almost 90% of our clothes are used synthetic colors. Unfortunately, Textile is one of the largest and most polluting industries in

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RCS

A Simple Brief on Recycled Claim Standard (RCS)

What is The Recycled Claim Standard (RCS)? The Recycled Claim Standard (RCS) is an international, voluntary standard that sets requirements for third-party certification of Recycled input and chain of custody. The Standard applies to products that contain 5% or more Recycled Content. Objectives:  Track and trace Recycled input materials. Provide consumers (both brands and end

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OCS (Organic Content Standard):

What is Organic Cotton ? What is OCS ? OCS certification:

What is “Organic Cotton?” Organic cotton is grown using methods and materials that have a low impact on the environment. Organic production systems replenish and maintain soil fertility, reduce the use of toxic and persistent pesticides and fertilizers, and build biologically diverse agriculture. Organic cotton is grown without the use of toxic and persistent pesticides

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The BCI GIF

The Better Cotton Initiative ( BCI Cotton ) , What does BCI cotton Means?

What Is BCI (The Better Cotton Initiative )  Cotton?   The Better Cotton Initiative (BCI) is a global non-profit organization that works to ensure cotton production more sustainable. BCI organization works to make global cotton production better for the people who produce it, better for the environment and better for the sector’s future. BCI Organization

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