Released on = February 28, 2007, 3:29 am

Press Release Author = Ms. Papita Saha

Industry = Environment

Press Release Summary = In India a huge amount of flowers are cultivated & West
Bengal is the 4th position to cultivate flowers after Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka &
Tamilnadu. These flowers are used as decoration purposes or for offering to God. A
survey report reveals that 40% of the total productions of flowers are unsold and
wasted everyday which are thrown in water of river Ganga or dumped which also
creates water pollution as well as environmental pollution. These wasted flowers can
be used in various ways & we can get wealth from waste materials.

Press Release Body = From the ancient times, people are using
natural dye1,2,3 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.
In India specially in West Bengal, a huge amount
of flowers are wasted everyday. A survey report
reveals that among India, West Bengal is in 4th
position to cultivate flowers after Andhra
Pradesh, Karnataka & Tamilnadu. Another survey
report on area & production of flowers in West
Bengal (03-04) shows that in West Bengal, 4.104
hactor Areas are used for cultivation of
marigold flower & almost 33.099 tonnes of
flowers are produced in year 03-04. For China
rose it is 2.71 hactor area & 43.557 tonnes.
Survey reports also reveals that almost 40%
flowers are unsold of total flower production
and wasted which are thrown in water of Ganga
river or any other places which creates water
pollution.
But these flowers can be used to extract dye which can be
used as natural floral dye for colouring textile fibre. These
natural dye are cost effective, eco-friendly & renewable and
has no allergic action on skin. For our work we have taken
cotton fabric and we choose Marigold flowers, China rose
flowers for dyeing the fibre.

The main objectives of the work are:
i) Extraction of natural dye from flowers like Marigold, China rose by efficient
process for colouration of textile fibre.
ii) Using natural dye in spite of chemical dye so that environmental pollution due
to chemical dye can be restricted.
iii) To study the color characteristics using different types of mordant.


Web Site = www.geocities.com/kusumika_project

Contact Details = Ms. Papita saha.
Kolkata
India
E-Mail:papitasaha@gmail.com