“One of the main concerns of consumers and producers to see if they produce the goods, such as T-shirts of the environment is its cost. Water, products based on screen are often more expensive than those produced by traditional methods more silkscreen. But more and more people today are Shell more than a few dollars more in order and a portion of the environmental movement, campaigns against the greenhouse gas or global warming. For them, it is wiser to spend more on a solid position to earn a little Cents, for example, that T-shirts were printed with inks from dangerous chemicals or substances from plants that have been treated with pesticides biological precarious. Environmentally conscious, most people know that in the long term, they have our fragile ecosystem also by the choice of products, the stringent requirements of sustainability.
One option is the intelligent combination of water-based screen with methods developed, of course, bio-materials such as cotton, hemp and bamboo fibers. This technique of screen printing is safer for the environment and humans good. Cotton is grown with organic methods that respect the environment and health are obliged to use natural fertilizers. The only imported bamboo and hemp fibers are also known for his longevity and quality.
Most video, color printers using plastisol because of their longevity, inexpensiveness and efficiency. Unfortunately, for those who can not manage their risks, plastisol colors containing a chemical called polyvinyl chloride, with many medical conditions such as infertility, cancer and mental illness, to name a few. In addition, methods of cleaning plastisol colors petroleum-based substances need that, just as harmful to the environment. Plastisol colours also contain ecological point of view is not volatile solvents and aromatic hydrocarbons green less than an option.
In contrast, very sustainable water-based inks do not contain phthalates or harmful polyvinyl chloride and a better choice environmentally friendly. These inks do not contain chemical compounds such as fluorine chlorine hydrocarbons and hydro-chlorofluorocarbons substances that are known to ozonabbauenden chemicals. This is well above the water-based inks is that they are easy to clean with water instead of the usual solvents used for colors plastisol. Water is based on screen mainly for commodities such as bathing costumes, baby clothes and underwear.
There are some disadvantages with water-based inks for silk-screen environment. These inks can sometimes get the impression of exceptional quality, like other traditional color screen. Admittedly, there are new formulations for this specialty product, water-based inks can not really imitate certain types of deductions and methods for the products less environmentally friendly, which we often see.
Unfortunately, there are still so many people would rather for the dollar less good, because they do not understand the risks related to water use based on screen printing methods. Changes can not wait overnight, but it is surely a moment when a majority of people throughout the world learns to use the advantages of using environmentally friendly products and practice sustainable methods. “
