Ikea, Nike, and the green textile revolution

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Ikea’s latest investment in waterless dyeing specialist DyeCoo paves the way for an historic green breakthrough in the textile industry

Ever since the development of the first mills, the textile industry has been reliant on water to dye its fabrics - a lot of water. One of the more eye-catching statistics suggests the water required...

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