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Vollebak challenges conventional dyes with black algae t-shirt

10/08/2021
Vollebak challenges conventional dyes with black algae t-shirt

UK brand Vollebak has launched a t-shirt dyed with algae in what it describes as a first step away from carbon black, the petroleum-based substance used to make black dye. Vollebak has used a waste product from algae processing, supplied by Living Ink, a US company that is seeking to develop a full spectrum of colours.  The algae is grown in...

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