Ecomondo 2011
9-12 November 2011 Rimini Fiera – Italy 15th International Trade Fair of Material & Energy Recovery and Sustainable Devolopment. Flainox was there! Ecomondo is the biggest expo of green technologies and new lifestyles, a special forum where businesses in the environmental and sustainability sectors can meet institutional stakeholders, trade associations, local/central governments, NGOs...
Read MoreWorkshop in Natural Dyeing
Natural Dyes Stefano Panconesi 4-6 November 2011 The course aims to introduce the participants into the wonderful world of natural dyes will use the historical dyeing plants dried and wild plants collected in the territory; dye yarn and fabric in various fibers: wool, silk, cotton, linen, etc. we’ll see how the color will change with the variation of mordent, the pH of the bath. will dye...
Read MoreCarbon Capture Machine
David Keith is a bit fidgety. Maybe that’s because venture capitalists have asked to come see his carbon dioxide machine. Maybe it’s because the project is running months behind schedule, as experiments so often do. Maybe it’s because his critics say it’ll never work. Or maybe it’s a taste of excitement, because it seems entirely possible that the trailer-truck-size...
Read MoreChina mulls tax on resources
China is taking steps towards imposing a resources tax for the first time, countering assertions by the mining magnate Andrew Forrest at a rally in Perth yesterday. Mr Forrest, chief executive of the iron ore miner Fortescue Metals, held up China as an exemplary economy that was turning its back on communism by lowering resources taxes. ”In China right now there’s a fierce debate...
Read MoreClimate Change Trends
Climate Change Trends: Carbon Emissions Giants Right now, 10 countries — including the U.S., China and Russia — are responsible for 80 percent of the world’s carbon dioxide emissions. The United States is the world’s second largest emitter (China ranks no. 1), sending around 5.8 million metric tons of CO2 into the atmosphere a year. That’s the equivalent to a year’s...
Read MoreFlainox’s YouTube Channel
We are pleased to announce that we’ve now opened our own YouTube Channel as well. Over the years we’ve collected some quite nice video material that we can now share with you. Right now, only a few video clips are available. We’ve already added a few video clips to some of our pages, and we will post new material as and when it becomes available. Click the following link to...
Read MoreThreats to Oceans and Reefs
A new report on the state of the world’s oceans is gaining considerable attention this week. The report by the International Programme on the State of the Ocean (IPSO) and the International Union for the Conservation of Nature warns that combined threats to oceans are creating conditions where there is “a high risk of entering a phase of extinction of marine species unprecedented in human...
Read MoreBlue Carbon Certification
Flainox s.r.l. has completed the environmental certification on the emission of carbon dioxide and greenhouse gases. The study commissioned to REXIZON was conducted in January 2011. It has been calculated the carbon foot print (total absolute emissions) of CO ₂ and GHG produced by the company in 2008, 2009 and 2010 according to ISO 14064-1 and 2 / 2006 and (PAS) 2050:2008. They were...
Read MoreSustainable Textile Industry
Sustainable Textile Industry Measure, Mitigation and Management of the Carbon Footprint of product, machinery and dyeing process for energy-saving and effluent-reducing. Carbon Footprint The Carbon Footprint is a measure of the relative global amount of carbon dioxide (CO2 in Kgs or tonnes) and other greenhouse gases emitted by a human activity or accumulated over the full life cycle of a...
Read MoreAfrica’s cotton and textile
The outlook is bright for Africa’s cotton, textile and apparel sector. The industry is undergoing a renaissance fueled by a global demand for cotton, diversification of sourcing and manufacturing locations around the world and an African middle class that is stimulating demand for African-made apparel. To capitalize on these trends, USAID East Africa’s Competitiveness and Trade Expansion...
Read MoreHow to source sustainably
In 2011 companies’ supply chains will gain greater importance, irrespective of the size of businesses involved. The primary driver of this trend is taking recognised measurements for water consumption, waste and greenhouse gas emissions and applying them to a company’s supply chain. But many businesses are finding this tricky for their overseas suppliers as the practical...
Read MoreCarbon market pilots
California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger will sign agreements with two regions of Mexico and Brazil on Tuesday to incorporate pilot projects that safeguard tropical forests into the U.S. state’s carbon market, the state’s Secretary for Environmental Protection said. “Our announcement tomorrow will be an agreement between those three governors — Schwarzenegger, the...
Read MoreChina’s Green Goal
China is expected to achieve its target of a 20-percent cut in energy use per unit of gross domestic product (GDP) in the five years to 2010 as planned, Said Mr. Li Yizhong, China’s Minister of Industry and Information Technology. With efforts in the fourth quarter, the energy efficiency goal for the 11th Five-Year (2006-2010) period would be met. Li also forecast energy consumption per...
Read MoreMaldives Stock Exchange
The Maldives has today announced another milestone on its high profile journey towards becoming a low carbon economy, declaring that it is now home to the world’s first “carbon neutral” stock exchange. The Maldives Stock Exchange (MSE) announced that it had teamed up with UK-based CarbonNeutral Company to measure and offset its carbon emissions. The company said that it had...
Read MoreNanoparticles in fabrics
Nanotechnology has been discovered by the textile industry – in fact, a new area has developed in the area of textile finishing called “Nanofinishing”. Making fabric with nano-sized particles creates many desirable properties in the fabrics without a significant increase in weight, thickness or stiffness, as was the case with previously used techniques. Nanofinishing...
Read More“Dry water” and CO2
An unusual substance known as “dry water,” which resembles powdered sugar, could provide a new way to absorb and store carbon dioxide, the major greenhouse gas that contributes to global warming, scientists reported here today at the 240th National Meeting of the American Chemical Society. The powder shows bright promise for a number of other uses, they said. It may, for instance, be a...
Read MoreTextile and denim pollution
Textile pollution is getting some mainstream attention. CNN recently posted an article on its website about the pollution problems in China’s Pearl River delta. While the communist nation’s pollution woes have been highlighted in the media before, CNN’s piece goes a step further, specifically demonstrating how textile and denim dyeing is a major cause of the Pearl’s pollution. In the...
Read MoreCarbon Footprint
Known as ‘the elephant in the room‘ the textile industry has a heavy impact on the environment. As current practices are unsustainable, companies, environmentalists, and consumers are looking at strategies for reducing the textile carbon footprint. According to the United Nations Industrial Development Organization, industrial manufacturing accounted for 18.5 percent of carbon dioxide...
Read MoreTextiles and water use
Water. Our lives depend on it. It’s so plentiful that the Earth is sometimes called the blue planet – but freshwater is a remarkably finite resource that is not evenly distributed everywhere or to everyone. The number of people on our planet is growing fast, and our water use is growing even faster. About 1 billion people lack access to potable water, and about 5 million people die...
Read MoreFibres back to natural fibres
Until comparatively recent times we relied on natural fibres to produce our clothes, cloths, carpets, cordage, paper, ships sails, and insulation and building materials. The use of natural fibres, both plant and animal, to meet our needs goes back thousands of years and plays a significant role in history. In the history of natural fibres, one of the oldest recorded uses of plant fibre for...
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