Detox Bio Embellishment

(Previously: Excessories)

Creating plastic-free textile accessories from excess waste.
This piece of work began by looking at wet textile processes and the potential harm they could cause to our waterways and in turn, biodiversity and the role fungi can play to help resolve these issues, whilst creating textile trims. Detox Bio-Embellishment are biodegradable and bio-based sequins and embellishments made from natural polymers, using recycled dye wastewater. This sustainable solution eliminates plastic waste, and conserves water, with a high-shine finish, driving eco-friendly innovation.

Detox Bio-Embellishment reduces environmental pollution by detoxifying textile-dye wastewater and preventing waste from entering ecosystems. Our sequins use zero plastic to minimise microplastic pollution, while the reuse use of food and fungi waste cuts greenhouse gas emissions and supports a circular economy by taking waste from one industry to be regenerated into something new for fashion. We reuse our production waste after sequins are die-cut from sheets, conserving energy and water. Our sequins detoxify both synthetic-dye and natural-dye wastewater meaning the synthetic-dye wastewater does not reach waterways and our natural-dye wastewater would be safe to be composted in soil and mitigates the potential for plastic waste that harms wildlife. Socially we are promoting the shift towards a bioeconomy, and cleaner ecosystems by mitigating waste streams that impact public health.