Recycled Fibres - TENCEL X REFIBRA

One of the new fibres that was seen at Denim PV this year in London was the new TENCEL X REFIBRA fibres. 

This is the first commercially viable manufacturing process from a botanic origin. The process allows for post-industrial cotton scraps to be broken down into a pulp, which is then combined with wood pulp using the same closed loop system of lyocell to make a new fibre.

Read the full interview with Tricia Carey from Lenzing and Innovation in Textiles here.

Photo by Innovation in Textiles.