LEEDS, UK, September 28, 2021-

The Renewable Carbon Textiles Project, launched by Fashion for Good, brings together key innovators including Leeds-based Nonwovens Innovation and Research Institute (NIRI) to investigate, test and validate the potential for PHA polymers to disrupt the fashion supply chain and decarbonise the sector.  While the potential benefits for fashion are evident, the trials at NIRI and the broader research may well have significant impact on a wide range of industries.

As a bio-based, marine and soil compostable alternative to fossil-fuel derived polyester fibres, PHA polymers may become a game-changer for the fashion industry, given their performance characteristics – many of which will be investigated and developed over the course of the project.  Brian Levy, Open Innovation, W. L. Gore & Associates, members of the consortium, notes:

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