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This Fun Fact Friday, we’re talking Wool 🧶 The natural fiber and renewable resource sourced from the annual shearing of sheep 🐑 has a natural defense against UV radiation, offering protection from the sun's harmful rays. ☀️ ⛳️ It's UV protection, highly breathable, actively antibacterial, and odour-resisting fibers are commonly used in clothing for outdoor sports such as Golf. 🏌️♀️ – #MaterialInnovation #FactsAboutWool #MaterialEducation #FashionEducation #BloomLabsBio

Synthetic fibers like Acrylic contribute to our annual consumption of 11 billion tonnes of fossil fuels…🛢️🌍 🧵What do we know about Acrylic? The lightweight, warm fiber is made from polyacrylonitrile, derived from petrochemicals. To make the fiber, the production process is energy-intensive and releases harmful pollutants into our environment. It is often used as a cheaper alternative to wool and seen across many winter fashion styles due to its ability to retain heat. The soft, and hypoallergenic fiber is commonly used for baby products and by those with wool allergies. 🌍Though it holds benefits in being easy to care for, resistant to moths, and holds its shape, it lacks breathability and its impact on the environment is considerable – not only in production but in the fact it’s not biodegradable. 🔥Every year we consume 11 billion tonnes of fossil fuels, of which crude oil constitutes around 4 billion tonnes. If we carry on with the same population levels and consumption levels of fossil fuels, our known crude oil reserves will have vanished by 2052. Therefore, it is necessary to make alternative products… 📲Learn about how we’re working towards material solutions for the future at bloomlabs.bio – #MaterialInnovation  #FactsAboutAcrylic #MaterialEducation  #FashionEducation #BloomLabs

The EU has introduced several new regulations to champion and improve sustainability in the fashion industry… 👕 This includes a new Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) ♻️ The EPR legislation now means brands are responsible for the entire lifecycle of their products 👉 from design to disposal, ensuring that waste management is built into the business model. 🌿The consumption of textiles has the fourth highest impact on the environment and climate change in Europe, after food, housing, and mobility. 💧Textiles are one of the top three pressures on water and land use, and the top five regarding raw material use and greenhouse gas emissions in the EU. 👥 Employing 1.7 million Europeans, the textiles, clothing, and leather manufacturing sector is a key asset to stimulate local jobs and business opportunities. These new rules are a positive step, to ease fashion’s impact in Europe 🌍 – #FashionImpact #Sustainability #BloomLabs #SustainableFashion #EUGreenDeal

📚 It’s time for Fun Fact Friday! Did you know a single silk filament can be as long as 900 meters? This means a single Silkworm can produce a filament longer than the height of Dubai's Burj Khalifa! It has a natural elasticity, which allows it to stretch up to 20% of its original length without breaking. – #MaterialInnovation #FactsAboutSilk #MaterialEducation #FashionEducation #BloomLabs

Did you know? 🗣️ 🌍 #ClimateChange is impacting the availability of noble materials in the luxury industry. 📲 Discover more about our work towards solutions in #MaterialInnovation via bloomlabs.bio

With a dependance on petroleum, a finite resource, what do you know about the material Nylon? 🧵 Get to know the fibers behind your favourite materials with our new series – starting with 4 facts about Nylon… → It’s a synthetic polymer made from petrochemicals → It is known for its strength, elasticity, and resistance to abrasion → Production of Nylon emits nitrous oxide, a potent greenhouse gas → It is not biodegradable #MaterialInnovation  #FactsAboutNylon #MaterialEducation  #FashionEducation

Start your day with fresh insights on a path to greater circularity! ♻️✨ 📲 Listen back to our CEO and co-founder Simardev Gulati on the WWD podcast, available on Apple Podcasts and Spotify, or via: https://lnkd.in/eB2va2PT  – #Circularity #CircularFashion #MaterialInnovation #BloomLabs #WWD #Circular  

What do you know about #Wool? 🧶 Get to know the fibers behind your favourite materials with our new series – starting with 4 facts about the natural fiber wool… → Wool is a fiber sourced from sheep and other animals → Composed of keratin, wool is a type of protein → It is a warm, durable, and elastic fiber → With ten different types of wool fibers, it can be processed to create a variety of wool materials #MaterialInnovation #FactsAboutWool #MaterialEducation #FashionEducation

Climate change is reshaping the production of materials in fashion… Did you know? #ClimateChange is affecting access to high-quality materials across the luxury sector. Many brands are working to implement positive changes within their supply chains, and policies, to lessen their global impact. We believe brands can prioritize sustainable practices, and contribute positively to the world, while not having to compromise on the quality of fabrication. Discover more about our work towards solutions in #MaterialInnovation via bloomlabs.bio

We’ve set ourselves a goal to replace the most widely produced fiber since the mid-1990s, Polyester. In a time where we’re seeing the impact of our reliance of petro-based fabrics across the globe through global warming and climate change. Our long-term goal as a company, is to use our expertise in material innovation to use proteins to displace petro-based polyester – creating a viable, scalable, polyester replacement. When in conversation with Rachel Cernansky at Vogue Business earlier this year, our CEO and co-founder Simardev Gulati shared our outlook for making this a reality in the near future – "we believe it’s possible to provide fibres that are akin to the most desirable and durable fibres in the world, with no feedstock risk, and be a long-term sustainable cost-competitive solution to the industry.”