Environmentally responsible dye application involves the principles of pollution prevention that were developed and promulgated in the early 1990s with the hierarchy of ‘reduce, reuse, recycle’
Successful dyeing depends on achieving the following as efficient as possible.
- The correct shade
- Level dyeing
- Fastness
Issues of environmental responsibility are thus encountered in trying to achieve each of the basic requirements of shade, fastness, levelness and efficiency. Holding fewer dyes in stock may be more efficient, and selecting dyes that are considered more environmentally benign might be environmentally responsible, but reduced dye choice may make a level, fast or non-metameric match harder to achieve. The efficient use of
