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Insects, fruits, wine, cow dung, coffee... Sounds like a pretty weird list of things, right? You would be surprised to find that all the natural resources mentioned here have something in common ... They are all potential solutions for more circular and sustainable fashion industry, helping to achieve a better future. Thanks to conscious collaborations created to bridge the gap between fashion and other sectors like food, each of these materials can produce Eco-friendly fibers with a low carbon footprint.
More than 60% of our industry's clothing is composed of polyester created from toxic processes.. Cotton and leather are the two most popular materials in our closets. Still, they use a wide range of pesticides, water, and energy in production, so it is essential to innovate to pave the way to more socially responsible industry. But we can find a solution and also organic fabrics for a better and more conscious fashion.
Organic fabrics that are already changing the world
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- Bamboo: It is a material that grows without the need for pesticides and grows relatively fast. As a result, an antibacterial fabric is obtained, and foul odors do not stick to it. In some cases, a non-ecological process is used to color it; therefore, not all bamboo fabrics are considered eco-friendly.
- Organic cotton. Perhaps the most popular of all organic fabrics. Unlike the traditional cotton cultivation that uses a large number of agrochemicals and pesticides, the cultivation of this kind of eco-friendly cotton is as natural as possible, making the garments obtained from this kind of cotton lighter than the common ones. For these fabrics to be ecological, you should buy light-colored garments, since to give them another color, chemical elements are necessarily used to harm the environment.
- Pacific silk. In traditional production, once the worms "make" the silk, they are discarded in boiling water. On the other hand, the "pacific silk" is made from the worms' coatings that they leave when the butterflies have flown. - Eco Polyester. As is known, polyester is a fabric derived from petroleum. Luckily, there are alternative and ecological versions to the manufacturer since polyester is made from recycled plastic bottles.
- Lyocell, is a material made from wood pulp. This fabric is made using fewer carbon emissions, less energy, and less water in this fabric's production.
New trends and emerging materials
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Polylana
To date, Polylana has saved 46,440,000 liters of water, a figure that is equivalent to 18 Olympic-size swimming pools. The company introduced a low-impact alternative to acrylic or wool fibers made from a blend of virgin and recycled materials. They use 85% less water in their production processes, 76% less waste, and 19% less CO2. According to the company, "to improve sustainability, functionality and / or aesthetics, Polylana fiber can be spun with Lenzing EcoVero, organic cotton, recycled wool, nylon, merino or cashmere." The textile also releases 32% less synthetic microplastic fibers from household products. By washing them in the washing machine, you ensure a reduction in plastic pollution in our environment.
Coffee
Most of us cannot continue our day without a cup of coffee in the morning, which requires 140 liters of water to produce and wastes 90% of the coffee bean. Made from these coffee grounds and plastic bottles, the Taiwanese company Yingtex innovated an eco-friendly yarn in 2008 that now has more than 110 customers, including Patagonia, Timberland, American Eagle, and Victoria's Secret, to name a few. Three cups of ground coffee and five recycled plastic bottles can produce a T-shirt in S.Cafe fiber. The best part is that the coffee waste comes from cafes and shops in Taiwan.
Zoa
There is no shortage of sustainable leather alternatives with the many innovative solutions led by fruit waste (pineapples, bananas, apples, grapes, and more). Still, when it comes to eliminating the leather industry's cruelty component, there is a company. In particular, that captures all eyes. Modern Meadow uses lab-grown cells fermented and multiplied to form collagen proteins and assembled to form a vegan artificial leather, which looks and feels exactly like animal hide. Zoa leather can support any density, shape, texture, and is highly adaptable to various uses. The same technology and innovation are being applied in the food industry to create plant-based meats. Still, while the latter is already mass-produced and consumed, bio-fabricated leather has yet to be used by modern fashion brands.
At BlanqSand we are committed to a new change to sustainable fashion. We collaborate with eco-friendly brands where design and quality take precedence over large chain productions. We bet on a unique and exclusive fashion.
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