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Abaca is indigenous to the Philippines

Abaca fibers were already being woven into breathable fabrics, used in hats and made into sturdy sandals in different parts of the Philippines long before the Spaniards arrived in 1521. Up …

Hemp

China Rediscovers Hemp

China’s Heilongjiang Province massively steps up its research and development efforts to make fine, environmentally friendly hemp fibres a large-scale alternative to cotton. Additionally, experts work on hemp foods and …

DNFI NEWS / EVENTS

Conference presentations of DNFI members

During this years ICNF2017 – Advanced Materials for a Greener World conference in Portugal, a Group of DNFI members gave presentations about there work. Lecture Speaker Organisation Bast Plants – …

Abaca / Coir / Cotton / Flax / Hemp / Jute / Ramie / Silk / Sisal / STATISTICS / Wool

Natural fibres production reaches 30 million tons

An estimated 60 million households were engaged in natural fibre production during 2016, including some 45 million households producing Cotton, 6 million producing Jute, kenaf and allied fibres, about 5 …

ENVIRONMENT

Are your clothes polluting the ocean?

BBC News report of an recent lab study, which found that polyester and acrylic clothing shed thousands of plastic fibres each time it was washed. Sending another source of plastic …

ENVIRONMENT

Plastic Waste: German Seas suffer also

The Group of Twenty (G20), composed of the most important industrial and emerging countries, has agreed on an action plan against marine garbage, especially plastic, at a conference from May …

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