{"id":46232,"date":"2020-11-25T19:04:32","date_gmt":"2020-11-25T13:34:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.denimsandjeans.com\/?p=46232"},"modified":"2020-11-26T14:34:48","modified_gmt":"2020-11-26T09:04:48","slug":"sustainability-in-denim-clothing-company-an-evaluation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.denimsandjeans.com\/recovery\/environment\/sustainability-in-denim-clothing-company-an-evaluation\/46232","title":{"rendered":"Sustainability In Denim Clothing Company – An Evaluation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Denim Clothing Company<\/a> is one of the leading Garments Manufacturers & Exporters from Pakistan. The company has fully vertically integrated set up from spinning to finished denim garment products and working with some of the leading denim brands across the globe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In a recent talk with their marketing team, we understood that they have been working very hard on continuously improving their sustainable quotient and we asked them about the achievements related to different aspects of sustainability and circularity .<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Raw Material and Fibers<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The importance of fibers is growing in the denim industry with a focus on sustainable fibers with lesser climate impact. DCC is using more than 70% sustainable fibre elements<\/span> in their regular production. Also, as far as the products having Zero Cotton<\/strong> base is concerned, they launched this concept around two seasons ago and are still innovating this concept with more variants and improvement. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

So far 10% of their products<\/span> are having zero cotton base<\/strong> in production. In this concept, all fibers are from botanical sources and possess versatile properties. They are using Viscose and Lyocell as primary fibres at the moment. In the coming season, there will be more variety in this segment as per DCC.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The company is continuously increasing the pre and post-consumer wastes in their regular mix of products, they had started by offering 17-20% PCW and now they are offering more than 40% combining both PCW and PIW<\/strong><\/span>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Their aim is to increase PCW content whereas they have achieved a higher percentage of PIW. Their marketing team mentions that they are exploring all possibilities of utilizing recycled resources for both natural and synthetic fibres. Some of the components are PCW, PIW, RCP.   <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Water and Chemical Management In Fabric Production <\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Water-saving and recycling is another important aspect of denim sustainability alongwith a right mix of chemicals . In this area, DCC mentions following achievements : <\/p>\n\n\n\n

  1. % of wastewater recycling: 50% of wastewater<\/strong><\/span> in DCC denim mill and garment factory. <\/li>
  2. Recovery of dyes and chemicals including caustic soda from wastewater: 50% recovery of caustic soda<\/strong><\/span> through caustic recovery plant.  <\/li>
  3. Innovative technologies\/methods used in the indigo dyeing process to reduce water usage: Zero discharge indigo dyeing technology<\/strong><\/span> has been adapted which saved 70% of water consumption<\/strong><\/span>. Dystar’s Cadira Zero Discharge and Salt-free dyeing technology has been used.<\/li>
  4. Latest denim finishing processes used: Waterless finishing<\/strong><\/span> which completely eliminates utilization of water during finishing. This ECO Finish also helps in enhancing fabric character and gives a very authentic look.  <\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n
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    Water and Chemical Management in Garment Production <\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

    In this segment, we would talk about the Washing machines and processes used to reduce water consumption during garment washing. DCC uses the following technologies which are being used in more than 50%<\/span> of their bulk production:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    Washing machines and processes<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

    DCC has been using OZONE<\/strong> as an alternative to a conventional bleaching system and Stone Free Enzyme<\/span>s to achieve high abrasion and contrast effect.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    So far as the PP replacement technologies used is concerned, DCC uses an alternative of PP through Green Chemistry and claims to maintain low impact scoring through EIM. Usage of Oeko-Tex certified dyes<\/span> throughout their production and sampling helps the process further alongwith Low Liquor Ratio Dyeing Techniques .<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    Energy Management <\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

    DCC has been using all forms of energy in a very judicial way and managed to minimize the consumption of conventional sources of energy including electricity. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    The company reuses Condensate steam in the boiler as their efforts to recycle heat energy produced in the factories. DCC has also planned to install solar panels of capacity 40% to 50% of their total energy consumption<\/span>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n