A team of researchers have demonstrated how agricultural by-products from industrial hemp, typically considered as waste, can be remade into textile fibres.
The scientists from the Polytechnic University of Catalonia in Barcelona (BarcelonaTech), highlight the potential of mechanical-chemical cottonisation to transform hemp by-products into valuable fibres.
Publishing in Springer Nature Journal, on 10 May, the team from BarcelonaTech have focused on establishing the spinning potential of non-textile hemp using cottonisation. Within the framework of the European Green Deal, the circular economy and carbon-neutral industries; plus, the cradle-to-cradle concept, which is focused
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