The clothing industry is going green, slowly but surely. The use of organic cotton has been growing over the past years. But it’s still a dirty business due to the chemicals needed for the dye. A German-based design agency, Blond & Bieber, has found a way to use algae to color textiles. These are “living colors”, as they like to say, cine green may slowly fade into blue, over time.
Coloring clothes with algae
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