{"id":57450,"title":"Textile Dyeing is a Polluter","description":"Fashion causes water-pollution problems.  Textile dyeing is the world\u2019s second-largest polluter of water, since the water leftover from the dyeing process is often dumped into ditches, streams, or rivers.  According to the World Economic Forum, worldwide textile dyeing processes get through enough water to fill 2 million Olympic-sized swimming pools each year","content":"<p>Fashion causes water-pollution problems. Textile dyeing is the world\u2019s second-largest polluter of water, since the water leftover from the dyeing process is often dumped into ditches, streams, or rivers. According to the World Economic Forum, worldwide textile dyeing processes get through enough water to fill 2 million Olympic-sized swimming pools each year. Not in our supply chain. Water from the end of the dyeing process is recovered, cleaned and reutilised back at the start. It\u2019s a loop, like the water cycle, where there\u2019s no wastewater. Just water, that goes around and around. You're welcome, rivers. <\/p><p>Last year I was an artist-in-residence on an art-science project that minimises this pollution caused by textile dyeing . Working with <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fruk-lab.com\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><u>Fruk Lab<\/u><\/a> (Dept of Chemical Engineering  &amp; Biotechnology, University of Cambridge)  and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.colorifix.com\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><u>Colorifix<\/u><\/a> who are \u2018growing  dyes made from bacteria I am exploring the processes to make  art that doesn\u2019t cost the planet! <img src=\"https:\/\/images.podos.io\/v4lturbxsq8jrmfzvhdcuhd9bzyrsh6t09x89o26qma8sab7.jpeg.jpeg?w=1140&amp;v=2\" alt=\"v4lturbxsq8jrmfzvhdcuhd9bzyrsh6t09x89o26qma8sab7.jpeg.jpeg?w=1140&amp;v=2\" \/><\/p>","urlTitle":"textile-dyeing-is-a-polluter","url":"\/blog\/textile-dyeing-is-a-polluter\/","editListUrl":"\/my-blogs","editUrl":"\/my-blogs\/edit\/textile-dyeing-is-a-polluter\/","fullUrl":"https:\/\/soundsofspaceproject.co.uk\/blog\/textile-dyeing-is-a-polluter\/","featured":false,"published":true,"showOnSitemap":true,"hidden":false,"visibility":null,"createdAt":1784648016,"updatedAt":1784648955,"publishedAt":1784648954,"lastReadAt":null,"division":{"id":245292,"name":"Sounds of Space Project"},"tags":[],"metaImage":{"original":"https:\/\/images.podos.io\/zs60vhiecuqg8bwximesef3ayyec7v0k71rsjvgmj1n2bf3a.jpeg","thumbnail":"https:\/\/images.podos.io\/zs60vhiecuqg8bwximesef3ayyec7v0k71rsjvgmj1n2bf3a.jpeg.jpg?w=1140&h=855","banner":"https:\/\/images.podos.io\/zs60vhiecuqg8bwximesef3ayyec7v0k71rsjvgmj1n2bf3a.jpeg.jpg?w=1920&h=1440"},"metaTitle":"","metaDescription":"","keyPhraseCampaignId":null,"series":[],"similarReads":[{"id":22124,"title":"Artist Studio Shot!","url":"\/blog\/artist-studio-shot\/","urlTitle":"artist-studio-shot","division":245292,"description":"Artist Diana Scarborough outside her Cambridge studio wearing her \u2018Sunconscious\u2019\u2019 T-shirt design.  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