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Cotton Feeds the World

(Update: 17. October 2020) Cotton is not only a fibre for the textile industry. Its sphere of influence goes much further: it is an essential economic factor for many farmers …

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DNFI Award 2017 – voting closed

The voting for the DNFI Innovation in Natural Fibres Award 2017 has ended. During the period from middle of August to end of September, people from 161 countries have participated in the voting …

Cotton / INNOVATION

Glowing Cotton – Science or Fiction

Functional fabrics also known as “smart textiles” include coatings or secondary materials with properties such as colour changing or generating electricity with movement. The challenge is that anything added to …

ENVIRONMENT / STATISTICS

Billions of tonnes of plastic accumulating on Earth

More than 8.3 billion metric tonnes of plastic has been produced since 1950 according to the first major global analysis of mass-produced plastics. Nearly 80% of this plastic ended up …

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Finalists Chosen – Worldwide Voting Underway

Five finalists have been chosen for the DNFI Innovation in Natural Fibers Award 2017. The five finalists represent a diverse set of technologies and approaches, each with good commercial possibilities: …

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Become a member of the DNFI Award Jury

Get Involved For this years process to choose the winner of the 2017 DNFI Innovation in Natural Fibres Award, a public jury will be part of the nomination process. Milestone …

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