Bamboo viscose, for example, could be an exciting development for a country like China, but there’s not enough research to tell conclusively if it makes sense in a Central Asian country where bamboo is harder and more expensive to source. "Likewise, leather from pineapple leaves might work in a country like India but what of mushroom leather?" asks Anita Chester, head-Sustainable Raw Materials, Laudes Foundation which was earlier known as C&A Foundation, in an article in the hard bound fifth edition of the Sustainability Compendium - ‘Going Circular’ brought out by Fibre2Fashion.

In many cases, retaining the green credentials of next-gen fibres will mean keeping production close to the source of raw materials, she writes in her article 'Material Matters'.

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