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Sages London makes Sustainable Natural Textiles Dyes from food waste. Click to learn more!
Financial period: 1 Apr 2024 to 31 Mar 2025
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SAGES is a textile industry start-up that offers a natural and sustainable alternative to the synthetic fabric dyes currently on the market. SAGES' idea is a simple, circular solution, we take food waste and turn it into natural dyes. These can be used as paints, food colourings or even printer ink but here at SAGES, we are focusing on the development of a range of fully sustainable textile dye.
The University of Leeds has worked with SAGES since they approached FFF as part of the Responsive R&D Call 5 process. Since making an academic introduction SAGES have been supported through other funding applications and are currently working with UoL on a new project. The company registered as they were applying to FFF funding call.
1 Sep 2024 to 28 Feb 2025
The average person in the UK comes into contact with synthetically dyed goods multiple times on a daily basis. They are in the clothes we wear, the bedding we sleep in, the cosmetics we apply to our faces, and the food we eat. These dyes are derived from petroleum and coal-tar, they promote the continued consumption of fossil fuels, and they are inherentl...
1 Apr 2024 to 30 Jun 2025
The textiles industry is the second most polluting in the world. Synthetic dye pollution is the silent culprit accounting for 80% of the industry's total emissions \[Lellis-2019\]. The global market for textile-dyes is £9.1billion (2022) with 98.5% of dyes being synthetic. These dyes are used in everything including clothing, accessories, furniture and be...
1 Dec 2023 to 30 Nov 2024
This project aims to be a game-changing innovation that will redefine the world of sustainable fashion and coloration. Alice Simpson, The Technical Director of SAGES, a trailblazing natural dye company, will conduct innovative research, weaving together eco-consciousness and cutting-edge science to create a more colourful and sustainable future. **ABOUT S...
1 Jul 2023 to 31 Dec 2023
This project is a collaboration between SAGES, Osmose Studio and Cranfield University. The project will test and refining three different methods for the application of SAGES food-waste derived dyes to Osmose's mycelium-leather. **THE NEED FOR A BIO-BASED LEATHER** _**Traditional Leathers**_ Leather has a disastrous impact on the environment and human hea...
1 Jun 2023 to 31 Oct 2024
This project is a collaboration between SAGES and Cranfield University. The project focuses testing and developing three different methods for the pre-treatment stage of the cellulose dyeing process. SAGES is a textiles industry start up making natural dyes from food waste. These dyes are a natural, circular solution to the harmful synthetic dyes the indu...
