Environmental Compliance for Hong Kong Textile Dyeing Industry

Kwok, Whkp; Xin, John Haozhong; Tang, Chong

doi:10.1108/rjta-03-01-1999-b002

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“…The use of natural dyes has been declining since the discovery of synthetic dyes (Singh 2002). However, many studies have found that synthetic dyes are harmful to human health as well as environment (Kwok et al 1999;Singh and Singh 2002;Cristea et al 2003;Mahanta and Tiwari 2005;Seker et al 2006). Natural dyes are environment and skin friendly; for example, turmeric, the brightest of naturally occurring yellow dye is a powerful antiseptic and revitalizes the skin, while indigo yields a cooling sensation.…”

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Traditional dye yielding plants of Tripura, Northeast India

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Sutradhar B, Deb D, Majumdar K, Datta BK. 2015. Traditional dye yielding plants of Tripura,. This present paper deals with the survey of traditional dye yielding plants, their ethnobotanical usage and cultural practices by the different ethnic communities of Tripura. Field investigation was carried out in different villages and adjacent forest pockets in South and West district of the State. The ethnobotanical information was collected based on semi-structured questioner, personal interviews and group discussion among the major ethnic communities of Tripura. The study reports a checklist of 39 species of dye yielding plants belonging to 35 genera and 26 families documented along with their vernacular name, habit, parts use. The active coloring agents were also listed for each plant based on earlier reports. Natural dye yielding plants have immense significance in the socio-economic and socio-cultural life of indigenous ethnic people and if we promote these products in a managed way then efforts towards preservation of traditional knowledge and local biodiversity will be more fruitfully achieved.

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Traditional dye yielding plants of Tripura, Northeast India

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“…The awareness of global environmental problems has revived the interest in natural dyes (Kwok et al, 1999; Ng Frankie, 2004; Safa & Bhattie, 2011). Currently, a large number of dye plants are assessed on the basis of their suitability for cultivation, yield, and dyeing quality.…”

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Medicinal Uses of Natural Dye-Yielding Plants in Turkey

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Gücel

et al. 2013

Research Journal of Textile and Apparel

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PPlants have been grown for natural dyes to produce a wide range of colors.. N Natural dyes become increasingly important these days as synthetic dyes cause serious damage to the environment and have to be replaced. The published records show that Turkey has about 10,000 taxa of higher plants, 145 of which come from 92 genera and 51 families and can be used as dyeing sources of 17 colors. The most common families used for dyeing are Asteraceae, Rosaceae, Lamiaceae, Polygonaceae and Euphorbiaceae, and the dominating genera are Rumex, Anthemis, Euphorbia, and Salvia. Dye plants are of great medicinal value as well and can be used for producing antihelmintic, antiseptic, appetizer, carminative, diuretic, exudative, laxative, sedative and stomachic preparations.

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“…The cost to substitute chemicals and products containing toxic pollutants is usually much less than the cost to remove the pollutants from the effluent via end-of-pipe treatment (Kwok et al, 1999).…”

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“…Chemical substitution is to replace process chemicals having high polluting strength or toxic properties with others that have less impact on water quality or that are more amenable to wastewater treatment (Kwok et al, 1999).…”

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