Water Saving Technologies in Textiles
Published on by Trudi Schifter, CEO and Founder AquaSPE in Business
It takes 75 litres of water to make your jeans. Can it be brought down to zero?
Arvind which has acquired more than 30 global patents by now for its environmental solutions, has been taking the lead in water saving technologies.
Consider this: while, on an average, it takes 75 litres to make one pair of jeans, Arvind can get it done in 15 litres using foam dyeing and different finishing technologies. Their aim, in fact, is to move towards waterless dyeing of denim in the next few years.
The company has been geared towards eliminating the use of freshwater sources for production processes. The Santej manufacturing facility near Ahmedabad which came up in 1998 to produce high value cotton garments and knitted fabric, is spread over a massive 450 acres. The plant has a wastewater treatment plant which recycles up to 98% of the effluent.
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