With growing research on fibre recycling technologies and alternative material sources, the Philippine Textile Research Institute has recently discovered a new solution to use banana plant stems as the source of a new bio-sourced fibre. Around 1 billion tonne of banana plant stems are wasted every year which makes Philippines alone, potential enough to create more than 3,00,000 tonnes of textile fibre every year with its banana plantation. It needs fewer chemicals and less water to manufacture and is also bio-degradable at the end of its use.
