traditional methods of dyeing textiles are incredibly harmful towards the earth's water supply, creating toxic chemicals that effect entire communities. an alternative to traditional water dyeing is scco2 dyeing (super critical carbon dioxide). this process creates no waste by using 100% of the dyes, reducing energy by 60% with no auxiliary chemicals, and leaving a quarter of the physical footprint of traditional dyeing. different names for this process are drydye and colordry. another company called colorep has patented airdye, a similar process that they claim uses 95% less water and up to 86% less energy than traditional dyeing methods.