Eco-Textile Using Biomass from Coconut Industry
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Eco-Textile Using Biomass from Coconut Industry

Textile makers are turning a tide and an Australia-based company Nanollose is a sign that we are moving towards daily items in our lives that need sustainable alternatives. The firm has developed a novel environmental friendly fibre branded as Nullarbor, through microbial biomass.

My 30-year history in the textile and apparel industry has opened my eyes to the environmental concerns that plague the industry,” company CEO Alfie Germano revealed. “My vision is for Nanollose to be at the forefront of offering fashion and textile groups a viable alternative, and decreasing the industry’s reliance on environmentally burdensome, raw materials.”

Rather than ordinary, land- and – water-intensive materials like cotton, the Nanollose cloth is made of coconut business bio-waste.  This chemical waste is converted by microbes to cellulose, which is subsequently utilized to make fibers known as Nullarbor.

According to the group, their proprietary procedure requires less than a month, and may also be used to convert different kinds of biomass waste to usable fibers, such as substances in the beer, wine and liquid foods businesses.

To create the rayon fibers that are currently used in clothing and textiles, countless trees have to be cut down, chipped and then treated with hazardous chemicals, and to make enough cotton for a single t-shirt it takes 2,700 liters of water

,” said Germano. “To put that into perspective, that’s enough water for one person to drink for two and a half years.”

Our process has the potential to convert a number of biomass waste products from the beer, wine and liquid food industries into fibers using very little land, water or energy in the process,” explained Germano.

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