As the textile industry embraces sustainable development concerns, regulatory push and economic pull are driving manufacturers to seek ways to reduce their impacts on the environment and decreasing the amount of waste left to future generations.
The pollution generated by the textile industry has a huge impact on the planet, and the reasons are quite easy to understand. Clothing is probably the most common item that people buy in today’s world. In recent years, the average number of items of clothing purchased annually by individuals has increased drastically, ultimately leading to major environmental problems, such as water, air and solid waste pollution.
According to the Ellen Mac Arthur Foundation, more than 70% of end-of-life clothing is landfilled or incinerated. When landfilled (under anaerobic conditions), traditional synthetic materials like nylon 66 may take between 50 and 100 years to decompose. Compare this to DOMO’s polyamide 66 fibers with enhanced biodegradability, which may take less than five years to decompose.
DOMO is producing the only polyamide 6.6 fibers in the world offering an enhanced biodegradability while maintaining the standard characteristics of nylon 6.6 such as durability, long life, high tenacity, soft touch and abrasion resistance.
Like other biodegradable products, once landfilled, DOMO’s polyamide 6.6 fibers with enhanced biodegradability break down into organic matter (biomass) and biogas; both of these can then be exploited as new environmental resources as well as being used to cogenerate electricity.
