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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
Lifestyle
Lucianne Tonti

A good yarn: the alternatives to viscose rayon made with old clothes and coconut water

Next-generation textiles are being developed in the hope of commercialising more sustainable alternatives.
Next-generation textiles are being developed in the hope of commercialising more sustainable alternatives. Photograph: KucherukAndrey/Getty Images/iStockphoto

Viscose rayon is a mystifying textile: it goes by several different names and is often marketed as eco-friendly, but it has a checkered past (and present). So there remains a critical question for the fashion industry – is a more sustainable alternative even possible at scale?

Last week at the Future Fabrics expo in London, among several new alternatives, two textiles were put forward as the potential next generation of viscose.

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