Up till now textiles made of cotton required a toxic and expensive bleaching process, with a heavy impact on quality, cost, and above all the environment for textile manufacturing.
In an EU collaborative project ,between the Technical University of Graz (TU Graz), the UTC GmbH Environmental Laboratory and other research and business partners, a process has been researched and developed that bleaches textiles through the use of enzymes and ultrasound. The technology of the COTTONBLEACH project promises 40% less water consumption, 40% less energy consumption, 50% less chemical consumption and 150 tons per year less CO2 emissions. In further developments, the bleaching process can be used for other natural fibres and represents a major opportunity for the paper and pulp industry, which currently also has to use inefficient and environmentally harmful bleaching materials. Read more about COTTONBLEACH at http://cottonbleach.cric-projects.com or contact Dr. Maier at UTC GmbH Environmental Laboratory.
Source: http://cottonbleach.cric-projects.com / Oktober 2011
In an EU collaborative project ,between the Technical University of Graz (TU Graz), the UTC GmbH Environmental Laboratory and other research and business partners, a process has been researched and developed that bleaches textiles through the use of enzymes and ultrasound. The technology of the COTTONBLEACH project promises 40% less water consumption, 40% less energy consumption, 50% less chemical consumption and 150 tons per year less CO2 emissions. In further developments, the bleaching process can be used for other natural fibres and represents a major opportunity for the paper and pulp industry, which currently also has to use inefficient and environmentally harmful bleaching materials. Read more about COTTONBLEACH at http://cottonbleach.cric-projects.com or contact Dr. Maier at UTC GmbH Environmental Laboratory.
Source: http://cottonbleach.cric-projects.com / Oktober 2011
