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2. Zylon - Wikipedia

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   Zylon body armor panels sometimes cost twice as much as Kevlar or 35% more than other advanced materials. [9] Despite "sticker shock", the marketing for Zylon body armor described incredibly low weight and thickness, but shockingly high protection, causing some to refer to it as a "miracle fiber".

3. Green textile - Wikipedia

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   Green textiles are fabrics or fibres produced to replace environmentally harmful textiles and minimise the ecological impact.Green textiles (or eco-textiles) are part of the sustainable fashion and eco-friendly trends, providing alternatives to the otherwise pollution-heavy products of conventional textile industry, which is deemed the most ecologically damaging industry.

4. Biotextile - Wikipedia

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   Mycelium, the vegetative part of fungi, can be grown into various shapes and forms, including textiles. These textiles are eco-friendly, biodegradable, and can be engineered to possess desired properties like flexibility, durability, and water resistance. It has been stated that this material is leathery. [34]

5. Horticultural fleece - Wikipedia

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   Horticultural fleece is a thin, nonwoven, polypropylene fabric which is used as a floating mulch to protect both late and early crops and delicate plants from cold weather and frost, as well as insect pests during the normal growing season.

6. Sustainable fashion - Wikipedia

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   Soy fabrics are derived from the hulls of soybeans—a manufacturing byproduct. Soy fabrics can be blended (i.e. 30%) or made entirely out of soy fibers. [127] Soy clothing is largely biodegradable. Although not as durable as cotton or hemp fabrics, soy clothing has a soft, elastic feel. [128]

7. Nonwoven fabric - Wikipedia

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   Nonwoven fabric or non-woven fabric is a fabric-like material made from staple fibre (short) and long fibres (continuous long), bonded together by chemical, mechanical, heat or solvent treatment. The term is used in the textile manufacturing industry to denote fabrics, such as felt , which are neither woven nor knitted . [ 1 ]