Natural fibres are bio-based materials manufactured from materials such as wood, cotton, flax, kenaf, and hemp. All these materials are less harmful to the environment and easily available. The raw ...

Australia's cotton and wool industries have been working hand-in-hand to champion natural fibres as synthetic fibres continue to dominate global textile production.

INTEBESTING information on the development of natural and synthetic fibre industries is published in the Journal of the Royal Society of Arts (87, No. 4494). Discussing sisal and flax production in ...

Reducing the environmental impact is increasingly gaining importance for companies. The replacement or targeted use of synthetic materials such as glass and carbon fibres can support reaching this ...

Good acoustics in the workspace improve work efficiency and productivity, which is one of the reasons why acoustic materials matter. The acoustic insulation market is already expected to hit 15 ...

A new study has found natural fibres in wet wipes might be worse for the environment than synthetic ones. Whether it’s the cardboard beds at the Olympics or the bar that only accepted beach litter as ...

Most of the microfibres polluting our oceans – which have long been assumed to be plastic – are actually natural fibres like cotton and wool. But we don’t yet know whether these fibres pose the same ...