Philippine researchers develop greener bamboo textiles
Researchers from the Department of Science and Technology’s Philippine Textile Research Institute (DOST-PTRI) have developed sustainable natural textile materials from bamboo.
The institute’s patent-pending bamboo fibre extraction technology, first developed in 2015, includes mechanical, chemical and biological processes to liberate the fibres from the bamboo culm (shoot).
For the full story, see the November 2021 edition of Textiles South East Asia.
Photo: DOST-PTRI