Released on = February 15, 2006, 11:06 pm

Press Release Author = Ms. Papita Saha

Industry = Environment

Press Release Summary = A a huge amount of unsold flowers are wasted everyday in
West Bengal. These unsold flowers create a big problem for disposal as well as these
can create environment pollution also. But these unsold flowers can be used for
dyeing purpose for Textile & residuals can be used as bio-fertilizers also.These
flower dyes are eco-friendly also and it has no side effect on skin. . An attempt
has been made in laboratory scale and in pilot plant also using some selected
flowers like Mari-gold, China rose etc for dyeing of textile fibre to get a clear
idea of preparation of dye from these flowers & using it in Textile Industry and
making the process economically viable.

Press Release Body = From the ancient times, people are using natural
dye for colouring the textile fibre until the latter half of the 19th Century. But
after the invention of synthetic dye, natural dyes are not used because of the
advantage of synthetic dye over natural dye in respect of application, colour range
and availability. But some of the synthetic dyes are toxic; create allergic reaction
to skin & contaminant the environment. Due to the disadvantages of synthetic dye,
natural dyestuffs have revived in Europe, Japan &U.S. Flower dyes are eco-friendly
and it has no side effect on skin. An attempt has been made in laboratory scale and
in pilot plant also using some selected flowers like Mari-gold, China rose etc for
dyeing of textile fibre to get a clear idea of preparation of dye from these flowers
& using it in Textile Industry and making the process economically viable.

These flowers are available in Eastern India & are grown almost every
season. We can get different shades of colour using different mordants &
the colour fastness, wash fastness properties also can be improved by
different treatments procedure and so it can be used in small scale
Industry as well as in large scale Industry also. This colour dye has no
side effect on skin & it has no harmful effect on environment also. The
process is economically viable as the raw materials are available with low
of cost and so cost of production is also very low.


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Contact Details = Ms Papita Saha.
Nimta
Kolkata - 700049
India.
E-mail:papitasaha@yahoo.co.in