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Ramie Fabric – A Comprehensive Green Choice
Green ramie fabric – Ramie not only brings comfort, ease, and safety to the wearer. This material also positively contributes to the environment thanks to its recyclability, biodegradability, and the production process of creating fabric fibers that do not release harmful pollutants that pollute the environment.
What is Ramie Fabric?
Ramie is a natural fabric made from green nettles, also known as Boehmeria nivea, a plant that has existed for many years before the Common Era. Its single fibers are long, strong, possess many advantages in absorbing moisture, breathability, good heat conduction, durability, and antibacterial properties. After being degummed and processed, natural Ramie fibers are white and can be woven into 100% Ramie fabric or blended with other fibers such as cotton, silk, wool, synthetic fibers… which are currently very popular with consumers in Japan and Europe.
How does this material contribute positively to the environment?
The production process of green ramie fabric (Ramie) makes many positive contributions to the environment such as:
- Biodegradability: Ramie fabric is woven from fibers of green nettles, a plant with high biodegradability that does not cause environmental pollution.
- Water conservation and pollution reduction: In Vietnam, the production process of green nettle fibers applies a wastewater recycling process that meets the standards of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment. With the advantage of creating high yarn fineness up to 100Nm, the dyeing and weaving process of the fabric achieves better color fastness, helping to save water and minimize pollution caused by dyes..
- Animal protection: Using green ramie fabric helps reduce waste and protect animal species on Earth .
- Soil protection: Green nettles have the ability to retain moisture, increase coverage, improve soil properties, increase soil fertility, make the soil loose and friable, resist erosion, and effectively protect the soil.
Where can you buy this material?
In Vietnam, Gai Thien Phuoc is a company specializing in the trade and supply of textile products made from natural Ramie fiber. We own one of the largest and most fertile Ramie growing areas in the world and the largest in Southeast Asia – on the rich traditional agricultural land of Vietnam. Recognized as a national variety by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development in 2018, we have developed a raw material cultivation area of up to 6,000 hectares, providing a solid foundation for research and development of high-quality Ramie fabric products.
Conclusion
The natural material Ramie is increasingly being used by many international fashion brands as a representation of the minimalist living trend, applied to natural and skin-friendly fashion products, environmentally friendly. Learn more interesting information about this fiber and material HERE!