Natural Fibers of any sort should biodegrade easily, and you could throw them straight into your compost pile. Keep in mind, that the more of a "whole fiber", the easier they will biodegrade. In other words, if they are highly processed, they might not degrade as easily. Old school fabrics like cotton, wool, silk, and leather, will be a good bet as well as some of the more recently popular fabrics like bamboo hemp and flax. I'll be interested to see what happens with the algae fabric/dye as it unfolds.
Greetings! I recently read that discarded clothing makes up approximately 9% of all municipal solid waste in the U.S. I was wonder if you all had any tips on how to be more eco-friendly with our garments? I've been reading about biodegradable textiles (e.g. alga-based yarn) but this is still a novelty and somewhat far off of from becoming mainstream. What can we do now to keep so much old clothing out of our landfills?
Hey Alex! Thanks for the inquiry!
Natural Fibers of any sort should biodegrade easily, and you could throw them straight into your compost pile. Keep in mind, that the more of a "whole fiber", the easier they will biodegrade. In other words, if they are highly processed, they might not degrade as easily. Old school fabrics like cotton, wool, silk, and leather, will be a good bet as well as some of the more recently popular fabrics like bamboo hemp and flax. I'll be interested to see what happens with the algae fabric/dye as it unfolds.
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Scott
Greetings! I recently read that discarded clothing makes up approximately 9% of all municipal solid waste in the U.S. I was wonder if you all had any tips on how to be more eco-friendly with our garments? I've been reading about biodegradable textiles (e.g. alga-based yarn) but this is still a novelty and somewhat far off of from becoming mainstream. What can we do now to keep so much old clothing out of our landfills?