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Banana fibre adds flavour to H&M footwear story

25/03/2021
Banana fibre adds flavour to H&M footwear story

Retailer H&M has teamed up with UK-based shoe brand Good News for a trainer collection that uses recycled rubber from car tyres and old shoes, and uppers made of recycled cotton, Vegea and Bananatex. Bananatex is a material based on the fibre from the banana plant family, produced in the Philippines and woven in Taiwan, overseen by Swiss company...

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