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Coconut Matting
Manufactured from recycled coconut fibres from the post industrial
waste stream. This textile currently provides a low impact and affordable
solution to the problems of soil erosion and land sliding on man-made
slopes such as motorway and railway embankments. However, with thought
it may be specified within other design contexts.
 Cotton
Made using 100% recycled cotton (mainly from old clothes) from the
post consumer waste stream. Available in a wide range of colour ways,
each of which having the characteristic speckling due to the lack
of discrimination during the recycling and sorting stages of production.
 Hemp
A
range of woven organic hemp from Great Britain, manufactured in a
choice of weave-density. Surface patterns are subtle yet distinct
enough to show colours. Strong policy towards the reduction of pesticides
during production and they also use a completely bleach-free manufacturing
methods. Another benefit of hemp as a
natural fibre is that it is easily biodegradable.
 Hemp
A
range of woven organic hemp from the USA, manufactured in a wide range
of weave-densities and surface patterns. Strong policy towards the
reduction of pesticides during production and they also use a completely
bleach-free manufacturing methods. Another
benefit of hemp as a natural fibre is that it is easily biodegradable.
 Jute
Biodegradable Woven
organic jute available in a choice of weave densities.
Originally intended as a geotextile to prevent landsliding and subsequent
deforestation. Jute is hardwearing and easy to both produce and dispose
of.
 Kevlar
A woven textile with structural dynamics
which outperform steel, but with a fraction of the weight. Kevlar
is also produced and fabricated at low temperatures and so could be
seen as a way of achieving a great deal with very little.
Current applications for Kevlar include bullet proof vests, industrial
strength ropes and safety harnesses. Kevlar can also be applied to
other materials as a protective coating which will greatly increase
the lifespan of a number of other materials, however, this may interfere
with the recycling potential of the resulting material once it has
reached the end of its use career.
 Polyester
Geo-textile
Manufactured from 100% recycled P.E.T.
(mainly soda bottles) from the post consumer waste stream. This textile
provides a low impact and affordable solution to the problems of soil
erosion and land sliding on man-made slopes such as motorway and railway
embankments.
 Polyester
Fleece
Manufactured
from 100% recycled P.E.T. (Mainly soda bottles) from the post consumer
waste stream. Available in a wide range of colours and thicknesses,
this is a durable and highly effective insulating textile already
utilised heavily by the outdoor clothing industry.
Polypropylene
Geo-textile
Manufactured
from 100% recycled polypropylene from the post industrial waste stream.
This textile provides a low impact and affordable solution to the
problems of soil erosion and landsliding on man-made slopes such as
motorway and railway embankments. However, with thought it may be
specified within other design contexts.
 Straw
Geo-textile
Made
using a blend of straw and a loosely woven net of biodegradable string.
This textile provides a low impact and affordable solution to the
problems of soil erosion and land sliding on man-made slopes such
as motorway and railway embankments.
Textile Architecture
A
particularly interesting area as it isn't so much about the textile
itself. Rather, its about what the textile can do and the resource
savings that it can help us to make.
The textile itself is available in a range of thicknesses and surface
textures.
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