That trendy hot pink color, or that bright vibrant green is great to look at — but synthetic dyes can be problematic for the environment, damaging water systems with their run off. Even natural dyes ...

Textile dyeing is a dirty business. A pair of British startups is betting that a new, borrowed-from-nature technology will help the fashion industry clean up its act. And not just in theory—Pangaia ...

Before going synthetic, dyeing clothes was like alchemy: it involved heating a cauldron of water, dye, fabric, and fixatives (often vinegar or urine) to bind pigments to the cloth. With a strong ...

The Pangaia Lab Powered By Colorifix range features limited-edition Pangaiatracksuits colored with biology-based dye technology from Colorifix. It aims to promote the use of climate-conscious ...

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In the world of textile manufacturing, the vibrant colors that enrich our fabrics often conceal a less appealing truth: the environmental toll of traditional dyeing processes. Conventional textile ...

In 2013, a team of Cambridge University scientists were in Nepal’s Kathmandu Valley, developing a device to measure pollution in the region’s waters. The scientists spoke to local people, who relied ...

A Norwich-based biotech firm which produces clothing dyes through DNA sequencing has released a report demonstrating the “environmental advantage” of its technology. Established in 2016 by Orr Yarkoni ...

STOCKHOLM/NORWICH, Britain (Reuters) - A British biotech startup is developing a method of textile dyeing that taps into the bright colours of birds and butterflies ...