According to the European Parliament, the dyeing and finishing processes in the textile industry are responsible for about 20% of global water pollution. Once companies are done with these operations, indeed, the easiest way to dispose of wastewater is to dump it into rivers and lakes. 72 toxic substances damaging our ecosystem but commonly used to dye our clothes and later released into the environment have been identified by the World Bank. Some harmful heavy materials are also usually employed during the dyeing process and enter our food chain through crop irrigation.

  Wisik Technology is a revolutionary and sustainable technology developed by Thesara Industrial Technologies Pvt Ltd to optimize the Indigo dyeing process and reduce the textile industry’s environmental impact. Wisik keeps the Indigo dye superficial on fabric surface, drastically decreasing the energy, water, and chemicals consumption in dyeing and treating the garment in the laundry.

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 The Denim is the most pollute industry in world

     

 The Indigo dyeing process is one of the most polluting in the textile industry. Color is one of the first features of a garment we notice, but it often has a massive impact on our planet. According to Ellen MacArthur Foundation, the fashion industry employs about 93 billion cubic meters of water annually. A single pair of jeans, from growing raw materials to finishing the product, requires, according to a 2015 assessment made by Levi’s, about 3,000 liters of water. To color denim, the yarn or fabric is usually dunked many times in giant vats of the synthetic color dye. It is later treated with more chemicals to give it the desired aesthetics.

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Effluent free dyeing and less water in laundry

   

 Wisik Technology, developed by Thesara, is an easy-fade dyeing technology engineered to create premium vintage aesthetics while reducing the consumption of water, energy, and chemicals required to produce them. It makes the fading process in the laundry easier as the dye is kept more superficial on the fabric, and therefore it can be washed down with only a fraction of the conventionally used water, energy, and chemicals. It is studied for best performance with laser and ozone treatments.

 The use of Wisik in the Indigo dyeing process allows upto 85% reduction of the energy and water used to make the fabric. Still, the main benefits of this technology are seen during the treatments in the laundry.

  Comparing two jeans with a commonly found aesthetic in the market of which one is made using conventional denim and laundry processes, and the other one is made using Wisik technology and eco-friendly laundry processes, we can achieve up to 95% reduction of the water and a 65% reduction of the chemicals used in the entire production process of the jeans. The comparison shows that the most significant savings happen during the whole process: thanks to our sustainable dyeing technologies.

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