Sharabati Denim saving resources in multiple ways
Egypt-based Sharabati Denim has detailed a number of recent developments and investments the company is making to operate more sustainably.
Among these is a finished process called Sahara, which the company said saves up to 40% water, 40% energy and 5% dye stuff.
Sahara is applied to all of the brand’s newly developed indigo colours. With a yearly production capacity of 100 million metres of fabric — 60% of which is denim — the company said the process represents “huge” water savings. The process is said to prevent additional residue caused by zero-water discharge.
The company has also designed a new machine for denim finishing and an accompanying process called Oasis, which is said to save 36% water, 35% steam, 33% power and 70% gas. The process, Sharabati Denim said, can increase the performance of super stretch fabrics, resulting in less shrinkage.
Efforts for more sustainable operations include investment in a new biological water treatment system, said to save more than 560,000 kg chemicals per year compared with chemical wastewater treatment. By 2021, the company will be using the new centralised water treatment plant.
“With the new plant we’ll recycle up to 40% of the water that we use in production and give it back to the production,” the company said.
