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News for pine needles

The West Saxon University of Applied Sciences has opened its new technical center in Zwickau. Among other things, sustainable textiles are to be developed in the university’s largest research building in the future. Which materials will be used for this purpose?

Pine needles become clothing: Researchers develop textiles from forest waste

In Saxony's forests, pine needles normally end up unused on the ground and rot. Researchers at WHZ Zwickau are now turning them into sustainable textiles. The "ConFiTex" project is creating completely compostable yarn from local conifer needles - an innovative contribution to the circular economy that shows how forest waste can be turned into fashion. | more

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