Textile dye recovery meets reality – Part III

YORK – Two articles in, and I still have not given a verdict to the question of whether implementing the circularity of dyestuffs makes an environmental difference. You may have noticed. Not by accident: the honest answer to "does dye recovery make a difference?" depends entirely on what you measure, how you measure it, and whether the measuring tools are up to the job.

The LCA data confirm that energy and water, not dye mass, dominate the environmental impact of dyeing. Recovery is technically feasible for indigo, technically possible for disperse dyes, and commercially thin for everything else.