Supporting eco-friendly and sustainable living
Seaweed has been known for its health benefits as a superfood, but did you know that it can also be made into a fabric? New technologies are constantly being explored and incorporated by the textile industry, thus, resulting in innovative textile solutions such as fabric made with seaweed.
Let’s have a look at what is seaweed used for, what is seaweed fabric and specifically what is SeaCell fabric.
Circulose is a new natural material that closes the loop on fashion. Circulose is an alternative cellulose pulp
which is made from discarded textiles. It uses a breakthrough process that is 100% powered by renewable energy. Many initiatives for recycling and reusing of fabric have been launched, and circulose, which is made by Renewcell, is one of them.
Maybe you have heard about the new natural material that Levi’s is using to make sustainable denim jeans and been wondering but what is circulose? Or what is cellulose pulp and what is a cellulose fiber for that matter? So let’s have a closer look at these innovative textiles solutions.
Can coffee grounds be reused? What can I reuse coffee grounds for? Is it possible to have fabric made with coffee grounds? What if you could make new textiles from your waste products? The answer to all these questions are a resounding yes. First you drink it and then you wear it. Innovative textile solutions means that you can have clothes made from food.
The best innovative textile solutions for vegans are those that use waste from the food industry to make vegan silk fabric and vegan leather. Not only do they help to reduce waste, but they are also biodegradable. From frumat apple leather to mango fruit leather to desserto vegan leather made from cactus, and even leather made from grapes, there are now some incredible options available.
Increasingly, vegan leather is made to look like real leather and it is increasingly efficient. We have previously discussed other innovative textile solutions such as Piñatex, made from pineapple leaves, and fabric made from banana fiber.
So let’s explore these innovative textile solutions for vegans that are made from fruit.
With the call for a greener planet, some innovative textile solutions are being explored and alternative natural fibers are being sought and brought back to life. In this article we are looking at banana and pineapple fibers.
You can discover more innovative textile solutions for vegans using Frumat apple leather, Desserto vegan leather made from cactus and even vegan silk fabric from orange fiber in this post.
