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A space highlighting circularity and innovation as the foundation of new sustainable developments in environmental matters
This constantly evolving and expanding collection incorporates a significant component of research and tracking of innovations. It is a source of information about types of raw materials of biological origin, recovered sources, or the utilization of by-products, as well as the latest advancements promising innovations for the future in various industries such as construction, transportation, and textile industry, among others.
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FROM THE FOLLOWING COMPANIES:
PYRATEX
Materials: biodegradable elastanes, abaca fiber, bamboo fiber, agricultural byproduct fiber, bio-based recycled, and synthetic-based recycled. Highly functional natural fabrics.
VESHIN
Material: Mirum.
MIRUM® is the world's first plastic-free alternative to leather. A low-carbon, bio-based material adjustable for creative expression.
TEJIDOS PALLAY
Material: Fabrics woven on handloom with threads of cotton, pineapple, viscose.
CASA CANNA
Material: Hemp Textiles.
Hemp fabric is a textile made from fibers extracted from the stems of the Cannabis Sativa plant.
FRUITLEATHER ROTTERDAM
Material: Mango Leather Sheets.
Fruitleather Rotterdam gives a new life to wasted mangoes through a process that turns mango fibers into a vegan leather-like material, which is then sold to designers worldwide.
FIQUETEX
Material: Vegetable leather from fique.
Fique vegetable leather is an adaptable and durable alternative to bovine and synthetic leathers. Its design and appearance are similar to animal leather, without the negative environmental consequences.
EUROINSUMOS
Material: Inputs (especially buttons) made from renewable or recycled materials. Coffee buttons, cannabis buttons, horn buttons, wooden buttons, coconut buttons.
INDUBOTÓN
Material: Buttons made from recovered bio-based and synthetic materials.
Buttons from wood, coconut, Tagua, Totumo, and buttons crafted from 40% of the industrial solid waste generated in the company's production processes.
ECOSANTEX
Material: Recovered cotton, textile from batteries, and Kapok cotton textile.
Kapok cotton is an alternative to replace regular cotton, as it is a wild plant that requires minimal water and does not necessitate the use of pesticides.
UNIVERSIDAD DE MEDELLÍN | FACULTAD DE DISEÑO
Material: Prototype materials using living matter of plant origin.
Tangerline: Mandarin peel
Cuerpel: Human hair
Polibel: Beet peel
Developed in the Biofilia Material class.
UPB X EXPOFARO
Material: Cottonized Fique Denim.
A process applied to the fique fiber to enhance its use in the textile and fashion industry. This method produces fibers similar to cotton and can be used for textile bases, such as those used in the production of garments like jeans.
Through this patented process, the fique fiber is conditioned and softened, giving it characteristics similar to cotton.
BANANATEX – QWSTION
Material: ® Technical fabric made from Abaca banana plants. (Abaca is the hemp fiber from banana or Musa hemp).
VESCOM
Material: 100% poliéster reciclado – Textiles de tapicería reciclada con residuos de plástico.
PIÑATEX® – ANANAS ANAM
Material: Piñatex® es un cuero sintético, hecho con hojas de desecho de la planta de piña, de la cual se extrae fibra de celulosa.
PROTELA
Material: Recycled fibers from recycled plastic bottles, pre-consumer polyamide, or regenerated thread. Biodegradable recycled polyester.
REMEANT
Material: Recycled synthetic leather - an eco-friendly textile created from recycled plastic used in packaging materials. It is waterproof, washable, highly durable, and lightweight. It can be used to produce ethical fashion items such as bags, home decor, accessories, and clothing.
THERMORE
Ecodown® has traditionally been the sustainable alternative to real feathers, with a composition entirely recycled from PET water bottles.
Thermore EVOdown® takes inspiration from the soft hand and sublime nature of blown fibers but achieves the desired effect with fewer limitations. The product is a compound of freely rolled fibers and provides encapsulation to stabilize these free fibers within the garment.
ARTEXTIL
Material: Material: Ecovero Viscose from certified wood sources, with environmentally responsible processes.
Ecolores: Recycled colors - 80% of their generated waste is recycled (printing paste, plastic, paper, boiler ash, and scrap).
PROTELA
Material: Recycled fibers from recycled plastic bottles, pre-consumer polyamide, or regenerated thread. Biodegradable recycled polyester.
FABRICATO
Material: Recovered cotton, textile with hemp fiber and biodegradable elastomer. Textile with pineapple fiber and cotton.
Materials: biodegradable elastanes, abaca fiber, bamboo fiber, agricultural byproduct fiber, bio-based recycled, and synthetic-based recycled. Highly functional natural fabrics.
Material: Mirum.
MIRUM® is the world's first plastic-free alternative to leather. A low-carbon, bio-based material adjustable for creative expression.
Material: Fabrics woven on handloom with threads of cotton, pineapple, viscose.
Material: Hemp Textiles.
Hemp fabric is a textile made from fibers extracted from the stems of the Cannabis Sativa plant.
Material: Mango Leather Sheets.
Fruitleather Rotterdam gives a new life to wasted mangoes through a process that turns mango fibers into a vegan leather-like material, which is then sold to designers worldwide.
Materials: biodegradable elastanes, abaca fiber, bamboo fiber, agricultural byproduct fiber, bio-based recycled, and synthetic-based recycled. Highly functional natural fabrics.
Material: Buttons made from recovered bio-based and synthetic materials.
Buttons from wood, coconut, Tagua, Totumo, and buttons crafted from 40% of the industrial solid waste generated in the company's production processes.
Material: Recovered cotton, textile from batteries, and Kapok cotton textile.
Kapok cotton is an alternative to replace regular cotton, as it is a wild plant that requires minimal water and does not necessitate the use of pesticides.
Material: Cottonized Fique Denim.
A process applied to the fique fiber to enhance its use in the textile and fashion industry. This method produces fibers similar to cotton and can be used for textile bases, such as those used in the production of garments like jeans.
Through this patented process, the fique fiber is conditioned and softened, giving it characteristics similar to cotton.
Material: ® Technical fabric made from Abaca banana plants. (Abaca is the hemp fiber from banana or Musa hemp).
Material: Piñatex® es un cuero sintético, hecho con hojas de desecho de la planta de piña, de la cual se extrae fibra de celulosa.
Material: ® Technical fabric made from Abaca banana plants. (Abaca is the hemp fiber from banana or Musa hemp).
Material: 100% poliéster reciclado – Textiles de tapicería reciclada con residuos de plástico.
Material: Recycled fibers from recycled plastic bottles, pre-consumer polyamide, or regenerated thread. Biodegradable recycled polyester.
Material: Recycled synthetic leather - an eco-friendly textile created from recycled plastic used in packaging materials. It is waterproof, washable, highly durable, and lightweight. It can be used to produce ethical fashion items such as bags, home decor, accessories, and clothing.
Ecodown® has traditionally been the sustainable alternative to real feathers, with a composition entirely recycled from PET water bottles.
Thermore EVOdown® takes inspiration from the soft hand and sublime nature of blown fibers but achieves the desired effect with fewer limitations. The product is a compound of freely rolled fibers and provides encapsulation to stabilize these free fibers within the garment.
Material: Material: Ecovero Viscose from certified wood sources, with environmentally responsible processes.
Ecolores: Recycled colors - 80% of their generated waste is recycled (printing paste, plastic, paper, boiler ash, and scrap).
Material: Recycled fibers from recycled plastic bottles, pre-consumer polyamide, or regenerated thread. Biodegradable recycled polyester.
Material: Recovered cotton, textile with hemp fiber and biodegradable elastomer. Textile with pineapple fiber and cotton.
PYRATEX
Materials: biodegradable elastanes, abaca fiber, bamboo fiber, agricultural byproduct fiber, bio-based recycled, and synthetic-based recycled. Highly functional natural fabrics.
VESHIN
Material: Mirum.
MIRUM® is the world's first plastic-free alternative to leather. A low-carbon, bio-based material adjustable for creative expression.
TEJIDOS PALLAY
Material: Fabrics woven on handloom with threads of cotton, pineapple, viscose.
CASA CANNA
Material: Hemp Textiles.
Hemp fabric is a textile made from fibers extracted from the stems of the Cannabis Sativa plant.
FRUITLEATHER ROTTERDAM
Material: Mango Leather Sheets.
Fruitleather Rotterdam gives a new life to wasted mangoes through a process that turns mango fibers into a vegan leather-like material, which is then sold to designers worldwide.
FIQUETEX
Material: Vegetable leather from fique.
Fique vegetable leather is an adaptable and durable alternative to bovine and synthetic leathers. Its design and appearance are similar to animal leather, without the negative environmental consequences.
EUROINSUMOS
Material: Inputs (especially buttons) made from renewable or recycled materials. Coffee buttons, cannabis buttons, horn buttons, wooden buttons, coconut buttons.
INDUBOTÓN
Material: Buttons made from recovered bio-based and synthetic materials.
Buttons from wood, coconut, Tagua, Totumo, and buttons crafted from 40% of the industrial solid waste generated in the company's production processes.
ECOSANTEX
Material: Recovered cotton, textile from batteries, and Kapok cotton textile.
Kapok cotton is an alternative to replace regular cotton, as it is a wild plant that requires minimal water and does not necessitate the use of pesticides.
UNIVERSIDAD DE MEDELLÍN | FACULTAD DE DISEÑO
Material: Prototype materials using living matter of plant origin.
Tangerline: Mandarin peel
Cuerpel: Human hair
Polibel: Beet peel
Developed in the Biofilia Material class.
UPB X EXPOFARO
Material: Cottonized Fique Denim.
A process applied to the fique fiber to enhance its use in the textile and fashion industry. This method produces fibers similar to cotton and can be used for textile bases, such as those used in the production of garments like jeans.
Through this patented process, the fique fiber is conditioned and softened, giving it characteristics similar to cotton.
BANANATEX – QWSTION
Material: ® Technical fabric made from Abaca banana plants. (Abaca is the hemp fiber from banana or Musa hemp).
VESCOM
Material: 100% poliéster reciclado – Textiles de tapicería reciclada con residuos de plástico.
PIÑATEX® – ANANAS ANAM
Material: Piñatex® es un cuero sintético, hecho con hojas de desecho de la planta de piña, de la cual se extrae fibra de celulosa.
PROTELA
Material: Recycled fibers from recycled plastic bottles, pre-consumer polyamide, or regenerated thread. Biodegradable recycled polyester.
REMEANT
Material: Recycled synthetic leather - an eco-friendly textile created from recycled plastic used in packaging materials. It is waterproof, washable, highly durable, and lightweight. It can be used to produce ethical fashion items such as bags, home decor, accessories, and clothing.
THERMORE
Ecodown® has traditionally been the sustainable alternative to real feathers, with a composition entirely recycled from PET water bottles.
Thermore EVOdown® takes inspiration from the soft hand and sublime nature of blown fibers but achieves the desired effect with fewer limitations. The product is a compound of freely rolled fibers and provides encapsulation to stabilize these free fibers within the garment.
ARTEXTIL
Material: Material: Ecovero Viscose from certified wood sources, with environmentally responsible processes.
Ecolores: Recycled colors - 80% of their generated waste is recycled (printing paste, plastic, paper, boiler ash, and scrap).
PROTELA
Material: Recycled fibers from recycled plastic bottles, pre-consumer polyamide, or regenerated thread. Biodegradable recycled polyester.
FABRICATO
Material: Recovered cotton, textile with hemp fiber and biodegradable elastomer. Textile with pineapple fiber and cotton.