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Are Next-Gen Synthetic Fibers the Future of Sustainable Textiles?

Modern Farmer

Both durable and efficient, with no need for farmland or vast amounts of water, it threatened to leave natural fibers like cotton in the dust. percent of the world’s farmland but uses 4.7 Those fibers can be plant-derived, mycelium, cultivated animal cells, microbe-derived, recycled materials and blends.

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