The technology uses wet spinning to create a regenerated cellulose fibre (RCF) which means that 100% of the recycled fibre can be used to make new fabrics. The team has shown the resultant fibre ...

The efficient use of cellulose—the primary plant scaffold and a major natural building block—could address many issues associated with petroleum-based polymers across various industries.

University of York The cellulose fibre created in laboratories in York are then spun into fibres at the University of Cranfield to be used for clothes and other fabrics He added "our approach will ...