Banana fabric: new sustainable textile, India

Funding pipeline

 

We are developing a commercially scalable, new environmentally sustainable textile out of waste banana stems. This new textile with have a minimal environmental footprint and will enable small scale banana farmers to earn an additional income (estimated increase of 6.5%[1]).

We will work with organic certified small scale banana farmers in Kerala. These farmers would benefit from processing banana stems into a sellable fibre.

We are currently researching the needed technology to extract a thin enough fibre to blend with cotton.

 

Contact emily@pifoundation.org for more details

 

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