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Bio-based Technologies

Offering a sustainable alternative for current cotton-polyester textile materials based on cellulose from bio-waste sources and bio-polyesters, combined with bio-based coating & finishing.

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Screenprinting pouring

Bio-based Coating and Printing Textile coatings and prints often contain fossil-based polymer binders. In HEREWEAR we tested bio-based alternatives to... nest_eco_leaf Bio-based airware Materials bubble_chart Technologies

Experiments with bio-based dyes, copyright CENTEXBEL

Bio-based Dyes To ensure a textile is fully bio-based, the dyeing stage needs to be considered as well as the manufacture of the... nest_eco_leaf Bio-based airware Materials bubble_chart Technologies

Bio-based Hybrid Yarn: biopolyester core wrapped with HighPerCell®, copyright Eurecat

Bio-based Hybrid Yarns Hybrid yarns combine two or more materials with different properties. We combined two bio-based fibres to produce one... nest_eco_leaf Bio-based airware Materials bubble_chart Technologies

HEREWEAR bio-based materials collection at Romanian Design Week, copyright MAIBINE

Bio-based Materials: What are they? Bio-based textiles are an exciting category of materials which encompasses natural fibres and biosynthetic fibres... nest_eco_leaf Bio-based airware Materials bubble_chart Technologies

Biopolyester Filament Spools, copyright CENTEXBEL

Biopolyester Fibres Biopolyester is a material made from renewable materials that can be used to make fibres and textiles with properties... nest_eco_leaf Bio-based airware Materials bubble_chart Technologies

Biorefinery Process, Copyright TNO

Biorefinery Biorefineries are an essential way of ensuring we make use of every last bit of the total biomass we produce because it... nest_eco_leaf Bio-based bubble_chart Technologies

Diagram showing how different types of biomass can be transformed into useful products using a range of technology

Bioregion The Bioregion model aims to transform as much as possible of the non-food biomass that can be found in a given region... nest_eco_leaf Bio-based distance Local dashboard_customize Local production

BioTEN: Design Guidelines for Bio-based Local and Circular Textile and Garment Design, copyright UAL

BioTEN The BIO TEN provides a design perspective on the use of biobased materials within local systems to complement circular... published_with_changes Circular nest_eco_leaf Bio-based distance Local emoji_objects Creative tools

3D render of the Day Shirt, copyright VRETENA

Day Shirt For the Day Shirt, Vretena took a Product-First Approach. The design concept was focused on re-imagining and re... published_with_changes Circular nest_eco_leaf Bio-based distance Local bookmark Use cases

Ecosystem mapping in San Leucio, copyright UAL

Ecosystem Mapping Ecosystem mapping is a visual creative method for exploring and revealing the parts of an ecosystem and their... published_with_changes Circular nest_eco_leaf Bio-based distance Local emoji_objects Creative tools

The garment scenarios poster was tested with the London Brands community, copyright UAL

Garment Scenarios The garment scenario tool represents the full lifecycle of a garment and encourages users to consider how each aspect of... published_with_changes Circular nest_eco_leaf Bio-based distance Local emoji_objects Creative tools

How do we feed the biorefineries? The HEREWEAR project is developing exciting biorefinery technologies to transform agricultural waste such as wheat straw... nest_eco_leaf Bio-based distance Local bookmark Use cases

Flexi-Dress made from Golden Wheat Straw HighPerCell Man-made Cellulosic multifilaments

Man-Made Cellulosic (MMC) fibres HighPerCell® is a MMC fibre spinning technology which can produce continuous filaments from various sources of cellulose... nest_eco_leaf Bio-based airware Materials bubble_chart Technologies

Material Lifecycle Map The Material Lifecycle Map is a tool to help design stakeholders understand biobased materials. It supports a full... published_with_changes Circular nest_eco_leaf Bio-based airware Materials emoji_objects Creative tools

-1 shirt, a mono material, fitted raglan Polo Shirt, made from biopolyester, copyright MITWILL

Pushing Biopolyester to the limit: Mitwill's story Mitwill took a challenge approach to the garment design; they wanted to test the material capabilities by applying them... published_with_changes Circular nest_eco_leaf Bio-based distance Local bookmark Use cases

Systemic Materials Innovation is only possible through dialogue with the stakeholder community, paving the way for systemic transitions, HEREWEAR community workshop in Caserta Italy, copyright UAL

Systemic Materials Innovation Transition to a more sustainable textile ecosystem requires us to work across fields of knowledge and sectors rather... published_with_changes Circular nest_eco_leaf Bio-based distance Local airware Materials emoji_objects Creative tools

Flexi-Dress made from golden wheat straw HighPerCell®, copyright Sophie Valentin

Turning Straw into Gold: Vretena's story For the Flexi-Dress Vretena took a Material-First Approach. The focus is on the emotional connection to the HighPerCell®... published_with_changes Circular nest_eco_leaf Bio-based distance Local bookmark Use cases