5.4 Part 4 – Textiles

Sustainable Fibers

• Fiber Eco-review
• Think and act sustainably: the Lenzing way
• Sustainable fibers: An overview
• 7 Most famous Sustainable Fibers In Textile Industry
• 10 sustainable fabrics: Composition, sustainability quotient, uniqueness
• bananatex® A technical revolution 
• Lotus fibre: A sustainable textile
• Coconut fiber
• What is Soy Fabric: Properties, How its Made and Where
• Orange fiber
• Lenpur – Cultivated wood fiber
• Green nettle textile
• What is cupro fabric and is it sustainable? 

Sustainable Fabrics

• What is leaf leather?
• Mylo sustainable leather
• Fruitleather
• Innovative biomaterials VEGEA®
• Cactus-based leather
• VEGATEX AppleSkin: A sustainable biobased leather alternative
• Bio-based materials created from seafood shells and mushrooms waste
• MICROSILK™ – Bio-degradeable microsilk
• S.Café^®‘s: Revolutionary patented method transforming recycled coffee grounds into high-performance fabrics and yarns
• SMARTFIBER AG: Seacell is a patented, eco-friendly fiber that has limitless applications in textiles
• CIRCULOSE®: A new material made by recycling cotton from worn-out clothes and production waste

Bio-based plastics

• PLA (Polylactic Acid): New Era of Textiles
• Parblex®: from food waste to bioplastics

Sustainable Sourcing

• What Does Sustainable Apparel Sourcing Mean for Generation Z? (Students of Fashion and Apparel Studies at the university of Delaware share their views on sustainable apparel sourcing, what affects Gen Z’s shopping decisions, and what they make of fashion brands and retailers’ sustainability efforts)

Certifications

• Global Organic Textile Standard (GOTS)
• Fair Trade Certified 
• OEKO-TEX® STANDARD 100
• Bluesign®
• Cradle-to-cradle certified®
• Forest Stewardship Council

AI and textiles

• Learning from Adidas’ Speedfactory blunder
• Fibersort: Making closed loop textiles a reality
• AI and textiles: It’s already here
• AI’s promise for the textiles industry
• AI for Fashion: Revolutionizing the Way You Create and Market