AccScience Publishing / AJWEP / Volume 18 / Issue 4 / DOI: 10.3233/AJW210037
RESEARCH ARTICLE

Blue Water Footprint and Grey Water Footprint  Assessment of Block-Printed Batik-Making Process  Coloured by Indigo (Indigofera sp.), Tingi (Ceriops sp.) and Mahogany (Swietenia sp.) Dyes

Budi Widianarko1 Widhi Handayani2* Alberta Rika Pratiwi2
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1 Universitas Katolik Soegijapranata, Jl. Pawiyatan Luhur IV/1, Semarang, Indonesia
2 Universitas Kristen Satya Wacana, Jl. Diponegoro 52-60, Salatiga, Indonesia
AJWEP 2021, 18(4), 1–7; https://doi.org/10.3233/AJW210037
Submitted: 30 March 2020 | Revised: 20 August 2021 | Accepted: 20 August 2021 | Published: 18 November 2021
© 2021 by the Author(s). This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution -Noncommercial 4.0 International License (CC-by the license) ( https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ )
Abstract

The Indonesian batik, which is usually produced by small and medium enterprises (SMEs) often  consumes a lot of water and causing environmental pollution. Therefore, a study to map the water use for batik  production is required. This study examines the Blue Water Footprint (BWF) and Grey Water Footprint (GWF)  of block-printed batik making-process coloured by Indigo (Indigofera sp.), Mahogany (Swietenia sp.) and Tingi  (Ceriops sp.) dyes produced by a batik SME in Jarum village of Klaten Regency, Indonesia. The average BWF  of block-printed batik making-process coloured by natural dyes was lower than the GWF and Indigo consumes  more water in dyeing, followed by Tingi and Mahogany. The dyeing process consumes less water for BWF  (2.96 L/pc), while the biggest portion of BWF was contributed from the wax removal process (152.81 L/pc).  Implementation of cleaner production by managing the grey water, such as the implementation of communal  Wastewater Treatment Plant, adopting water conservation strategies and educating the craftsmen are necessary to  achieve batik and water resource sustainability

Keywords
Batik
cleaner production
natural dyes
sustainability
water footprint.
Conflict of interest
The authors declare they have no competing interests.
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