132637Treatment of Cotton to eradicate amonia odour and mouldgrowth in transitClosedFeasibility StudiesInnovate UKDirect Trade Bags Co Limited www.directtradebags.co.uk - wish to carry out a feasibility study with major cotton goods manufacturers in India to gain first hand knowledge of the issues around their manufacturing methods especially during the monsoon season so as to prepare a detailed scope of research to eliminate amonia odours and mould growth that occur during transit by container at sea. If this problem can be overcome with technology developed jointly by DTB in the UK with the assistance of microbal treatment partners, the impact on sales for Direct Trade Bags into Europe of odour and mould resistant treated cotton bags would see £2m sales growth by 2019, and significantly reduce the current wastage on shipped bags from 12% to <2%.