OEcotextiles

Indulgent yet responsible fabrics

The promise of biotechnology

O Ecotextiles (and Two Sisters Ecotextiles)

Plastics are a problem – and becoming more of a problem as time goes on because of our voracious appetite for the stuff: global plastic production grew by more than 500% over the past 30 years.  And we have limited fossil fuels available –  that fact alone dwarfs the plastics problem because we depend on …

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Food vs. Fiber

O Ecotextiles (and Two Sisters Ecotextiles)

We’ve often been asked where we stand on the question of growing fiber crops on agricultural land when so many people go to bed hungry each night.  In today’s world, you must add another “F” to the equation:  fuel, because there is such a growing interest in biomass as energy. In fact, the picture is …

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