Foliage can be used to make sustainable paper and packaging material.
Similarly, a Swedish startup is using seagrass that has been washed ashore to manufacture environmentally-friendly yarn. Until now the plant, which is present in large quantities on beaches, has simply been discarded.
A recent feasibility study has shown it can be made into yarn without the addition of harmful chemicals. Nor are any toxins created during the manufacturing process. Seagrass is, moreover, naturally fire-resistant.
An initial pilot project is to be funded through a crowdfunding campaign, with the seagrass provided by a Swedish seaside town.
Others are making yarn from potato stems or leather alternatives from algae. Cow dung might yet catch on as a source of yarn fibre.
