Extracting Natural Dyes From Plants And Plant Waste To Make Sustainable Products

Alisha Mandolia, a textile designer by profession, wanted to do something to give flowers a longer life, and thus began Mulya Creation in 2019. With a focus on the 3Rs - reduce, reuse and recycle - Mulya Creation works on turning plain fabric into beautiful prints, all thanks to that gift from nature - flowers.

Coming from the textile industry, Alisha wanted to put her knowledge to good use. Mulya's main aim is to create sustainable products using the best natural resources, while also giving livelihood skills to the women around them.

Mulya's latest creation is the Jaimala edition, a unique idea to preserve, what is a special memory for a bride and groom, for generations to come. Jaimala is a garland, exchanged by the bride and groom, during an Indian wedding.

Flowers used in Jaimalas are preserved by extracting their natural colours onto a fabric. If flowers are pretty fresh, they are used as it is, if not, they are dried under the sun and then spread over the fabric which is rolled, steamed and left for a day. The fabric then goes for washing, ironing and final touches including embroidery.

As the name suggests Mulya meaning value in Hindi adds value to the lives of people working with them as well as the people wearing their products. This is a true example of providing Clothes a conscience.

As chic as your outfit looks, wrapping yourself in chemicals is definitely not a good idea. And that is what Sodhani Biotech, a team of young professionals, is trying to change. Sodhani Biotech promotes the oneness of our life with the environment and they do this by extracting colours from plants and plant waste.

Knowledge about pigment and colour from natural resources helped Sidhant Sodhani start this organisation. He was aware that the fashion industry is the second most polluting industry worldwide and he wanted to bring a change.

Sodhani Biotech works on waste products to make colours. For the last five years, they have been using waste like onion peels, pomegranate peels, and walnut shells, all sourced from local communities.

Apart from dye extraction, the team at Sodhani Biotech also conducts workshops for people of all age groups. The workshops not only teach techniques for easy dyeing projects at home, but also the history and fundamentals of natural dyeing. The workshops also focus on traditional block printing techniques, and participants are given DIY (do-it-yourself) kits making the experience all the more special.

Sodhani Biotech aims to be the earth's most customer-centric company which offers and inspires to create sustainable and herbal products.