Reports and articles on bio-based textiles

Advances in Bio-Based Regenerated and Synthetic Fibres and Their Sustainability Issues (Dewan Murshed, A., et al., 2025)
Sustainable Textiles – The Way Forward (Carus, M., & Partanen, A., 2025)
Unlocking the potential of bio-based textiles (JRC, 2025)
KCB expert workshop on bio-based textiles (JRC, 2024)
Textiles from non-wood feedstocks: Challenges and opportunities of current and emerging fiber spinning technologies (Frazier, R., M., et al., 2024)
Reshaping bio-based textiles: a Policy Brief (Herewere project, 2024)
The role of bio-based textile fibres in a circular and sustainable textiles system (EEA, 2023)
Circular Textile Innovations (CITEX project, 2024)
Biobased fibers from natural to synthetic: Processing, manufacturing, and application (Liu, F., et al., 2024)
Materials market report (Textile Exchange, 2025)
The Future of Synthetics (Textile Exchange, 2024)
Growing Hemp for the Future: A Global Fiber Guide (Textile Exchange, 2023)
Sustainability of Biosynthetics Report (Textile Exchange, 2023)
Bio-based textiles in a circular model: next steps (REFLOW project, 2022)
Bioengineering textiles across scales for a sustainable circular economy (Schiros T. N., et al. 2021)
Textiles for circular fashion. Part 2, From renewable carbon to fibres (Harmsen, P., Post, W., & Bos, H., 2022)
Textiles for circular fashion: Part 1: Fibre resources and recycling options (Harmsen, P., & Bos, H., 2020)

Seaweed-based textile dyes: a sustainable innovation

By replacing petrol‑based chemistry with a renewable ocean resource in seaweed, Zeefier (an innovative company based in the Netherlands) offers an alternative that enables textiles to remain biodegradable. They...

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