Sustainable textile innovations: bio yarn made from kelp fibres

Biomaterials research company AlgiKnit extracts alginate and combines it with other renewable biopolymers to produce yarn, which can be used in textile manufacturing

In view of resources dwindling fast and natural fibres like cotton being resource-intensive to process and petroleum-based fibres like acrylic,…

Full text: https://fashionunited.uk/news/business/sustainable-textile-innovations-bio-yarn-made-from-kelp-fibres/2018032628811

Author

Simone Preuss

Source

FashionUnited, 2018-03-26.

Supplier

AlgiKnit

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