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As more and more companies shift and offer fabrics made of environmentally sustainable sources, humans have also begun re-thinking of their choices in buying fabrics. In the past, ease or style were the primary contemplation in buying fabric. At present, the fabric’s affect on Mother Earth will have to be factored in. A fabric is in general considered eco-friendly (or green) if it possesses the following characteristics: - Minimum chemical and/or pesticide use on the raw material Green fabrics are not only healthful to the surroundings but likewise to consumers. Consider this list of the choices when seeking green fabrics: 1. Bamboo Fiber – Fabric made from bamboo, which is fantastically soft and smooth, luxuriously comfortable, and 100% biodegradable. 2. Hemp – Hemp fibers are longer, more lasting and more absorbent than cotton fibers. This plant has been grown for fiber and feed production for centuries. 3. Organic cotton – Organic cotton is formulated from cotton that is grown without pesticides. Organic cotton is more highpriced to fabricate than conventionally invented cotton. 4. Jute – Jute is known as burlap in North America. It is one of the most competitively-priced natural fibers in the market today. It runs next to cotton in production quantity. 5. Ingeo – Ingeo is a trademark of a man-made fiber made from corn. 6. Hessian Cloth – Hessian or Burlap is an unrefined fabric woven from jute or hemp. 7. Recycled Polyester – Recycled Polyester is a fabric made from used polyester items such as clothes. 8. Tencel® – Tencel® is a brand patented to Lenzing Fibers’ lyocell. Tencel is made from wood pulp cellulose and is soft as silk, strong as polyester, cool as linen, warm as wool and as absorbent as cotton. 9. Ramie – Ramie is one of the oldest textile fabrics dating back to being employed as cloth in wrapping Egyptian mummies. It is likewise known for it is durability 8 times more inviolable than cotton and 7 times than silk. Ramie is immune to bacteria, alkali, mildew and insect attack. 10. Organic Wool – Organic wool is devised without artificial hormones and pesticides. Most organic wool productions available in the market lately are baby apparel and accessories. The production of organic wool is more pricey than other organic origins because of higher operational and corroboration costs. 11. Organic Linen – Organic linen comes from flax plants grown without the use of destructive pesticides and fertilizers. 12. FORTREL EcoSpun – Made from 100% recycled plastic bottles and containers. Fortrel Ecospun is known for it is durability, color fastness and shrinkage-free qualities. This fabric is devised in the US by Wellmann Inc. 13. Milk Silk – in the first place produced by Cyran, a Chinese company, this silk is made from milk. However, because of the high cost of milk, this fabric option never gained popularity in the textile industry. 14. Soy Silk – SoySilk is a trademark owned by South West Trading Company, which develops this silk known to drape like linen and has a smooth sheen like any other silk. 15. Nettle fiber – made from the stinging nettle weed. It possesses natural moth repellant characteristic and dates back as early as World War I as a cotton yarn substitute. 16. Spider-web fabric – Researchers have tried to extract fabric from spider webs. However, until today exploration on this kind of fabric has not produced significant results. Whatever type of fabric you select for your costume and household textiles, always check to see it is source, and in addition to taking into account the affect it has on the surroundings for the duration of production, likewise consider the resources required to transport it from it is country of origin. Copyright (c) 2008 Virginia Ginsburg |
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