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Fabric revolution - 26th February 2020
Fashion makes a lot of pollution. This is the 9th Future Fabrics Expo. It is in London. It has new, green materials for clothes.
The Sustainable Angle organises the expo. It is a special organisation. It wants to change fashion.
People make the materials from rubbish. Sometimes they use plastic bottles.
This was a pineapple leaf. It is from the Philippines.
Ceri Rees, Sales and Marketing Manager Ananas anam: “the fruit is cut and harvested for consumption and we use the plant, the long plant leaves that are left behind which are otherwise usually burnt or sometimes they’re left to rot so we, we’re adding value to this waste, waste product."
This material is from a fish. The fish skin is now leather.
Rodrigo Lopes, Commercial director of Nova Kaeru: “it's a very important food source and the skins were just going to waste then we turned into this beautiful leather."
The Expo shows new materials. They are good for the environment. It hopes clothes companies will use the new materials.
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