Horizon Magazine wrote about GRETE in “Fewer toxic chemicals in ‘natural’ textile production, please”:
“Stina Grönqvist, research team leader at the VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland Ltd, is a specialist in bio-based materials, and she is not impressed by today’s viscose and lyocell production methods. ‘At the moment, the raw material base is limited, the solvents used, and required chemicals are not safe or environmentally friendly, and the production value chain, especially finishing treatments of the textile fibres, causes extensive freshwater pollution.’
The GRETE project, coordinated by VTT, is developing new non-toxic and recyclable solvents that will boost the safety and sustainability of making textiles from wood. This new technology will remove many of the current risks to both human health and the environment embedded in current manufacturing processes, and also open the door for producing high-quality textile fibres from a much broader range of sustainable raw materials like paper grade pulp, recycled paper and textiles.”
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