Fizzy water was the key to making polyester dye less harmful to the environment in the creation of a new method developed by an interdisciplinary team at the University of Leeds spin-out company, ...

Scientists have unlocked a way to dye polyester using 90% fewer chemicals and 40% less water. Fizzy water was the key to making polyester dye less harmful to the environment in the creation of a new ...

This study establishes a sustainable, one-bath dyeing technique for polyester/cotton (PES/CO) blend fabric utilizing a single reactive dye, thereby eliminating the conventional requirement for a ...

Scientists at the University of Leeds have developed a technique to dye polyester using 90 % less chemicals and 40 % less water. Image Credit: Taigi/Shutterstock.com Fizzy water was the key to making ...

Dyes in textile waste streams pose a major barrier to textile-to-textile recycling. Our research has developed an upstream platform that effectively removes dyes from polyester and other textiles ...