APPLICATION AND USE OF URINE IN TEXTILES – AN OVERVIEW

The raw material used in utmost quantity in almost every stage of textile wet processing is water. Water is not economical to buy, treat and dispose. If industry does not have water conservation program, industry is pouring money down the drain. On the other hands many metropolitan cities and public places restrooms draining collected human urine. Human urine has the potential to be used as a solvent in textile wet processing. By following certain necessary recommendations for storage and reuse, which are depend on the type of wet processing, it is possible to collect, store and utilize human urine in textile wet processing. To promote urine valorization can solve three major social, environmental and economical problems: minimize peeing against wall and tree in public, limitation of environmental pollution because of urination and it may add income to public restrooms authorities by supplying urine as per requirement. To encourage research and applications about use of urine in textile wet processing can be helpful in the 'Swachh Bharat Abhiyan' - a massive mass movement that seeks to create a Clean India.