A good yarn: the alternatives to viscose rayon made with old clothes and coconut water

Millions of trees are felled to make viscose rayon, but two new eco-friendly options are being produced at a commercial scaleGet our weekend culture and lifestyle emailViscose rayon is a mystifying textile: it goes by several different names and is often marketed as eco-friendly, but it has a checkered past (and present). So there remains a critical question for the fashion industry - is a more sustainable alternative even possible at scale?Last week at a London trade fair, among several new alternatives, two textiles were put forward as the potential next generation of viscose. Continue reading...