Changes

==Innovation opportunities==

1. Encourage handwashing or spot cleaning on the hangtag and labeling/POS to influence the consumer to take an active role in reducing environmental impacts of silk garment care.

<br/>2. Wild silk is an important peasant industry in India, and areas of China. An artisan project would bring an additional

social/fairtrade element to a sustainable fabric program.

<br/>3. Blending with another fibre that is washable, such as cotton, reduces the impact of consumer care/dry-cleaning.

<br/>4. Design garments that utlilize the natural wrinkling of silk as a design feature to influence the customer to reduce ironing of the final product and the energy it uses.

<br/>5. Create a silk garment that is 100% biodegradable: the product is either undyed or natural-dyed, with biodegradable trims and thread, and is equipped with secondary label or marketing material that instructs the customer on how to dispose.

==Sources==

# www.textileexchange.org/node/1096