The rise in the level of various kinds of pollutions has created a major awareness among the consumers for using eco-friendly products. Governments of many countries have also imposed limitations on release of pollutants. This in turn has resulted in a rise in demand for green and clean processes.
One of the sectors of industry that holds a major share in the global pollution is textile industry. Therefore use of enzymes on textiles play a key role as an alternative process for textile processing and have become an integral part of the textile processing industry.
Their efficiency, high biodegradability and the mild conditions of working mark their use in a wide range of industrial applications. The use of enzymes in the textile industry is an example of white industrial biotechnology, which allows the development of environmentally friendly technologies in fibre processing and strategies to improve the final product quality. The increased consumption of energy and water, as well as awareness of environmental concerns related to the use and disposal of chemicals into landfills, water or release into the air during chemical processing of textiles are the principal reasons for the application of enzymes in textile materials.
Enzymes can enhance a number of processes and save large amounts of water, energy and chemicals in the production of textiles. The textile industry has for some time used enzymes products applications such as desizing, biopolishing and bioscouring.
A new application combines the mentioned textile production processes and thereby strengthens the benefits from the enzymes applications. As an example, during the Post scouring and bleaching process,
Conventionally 3 to 4 steps are carried out like Peroxide neutralization, Alkali neutralization & Hot Wash Dyeing one after the another, however in enzymatic treatment Peroxide neutralization and Alkali neutralization with hot wash dyeing is done simultaneously saving multiple resources.
To summarize, if the enzymatic system were to see wide scale global adoption, the potential savings in freshwater consumption could be up to 10 trillion liters of water annually, and greenhouse gas reductions could range from 10-30 million metric tons.
Biodegradable, effective in mild conditions saving precious energy and being biocatalysts - Enzymes are very specific in bringing out the desired change. Lesser packing material & lower transportation impact makes Enzymes an obvious choice for all environmental concerns. Chemical oriented textile wet processing that contributes the maximum of the total BOD, COD and TDS load in effluent, can now switch to Enzymatic solutions making products in the most environmentally sensitive way.
Over 8000 chemicals are used in various textile processes, many of them classified as hazardous and associated with life threatening diseases like cancer and birth defects. Enzymatic solutions that remove recalcitrant pollutants and transform to other products is gaining momentum, making it susceptible to treatment or value-added material from waste water. Treated discharge of this effluent will substantially reduce the presence of sulphur, acetic acid, copper, nitrates, dyes which are extremely damaging and toxic
With significantly low impact on cotton during treatment process and value enhancing Specialty polymers the end result is a better product with a better value in terms of look, feel and longevity. End-result - A thicker (2.5 % higher weight) quality cotton for the final product with COTZYME