[Startup Bharat] How Surat-based Canvaloop is making conscious effort to develop eco-friendly fibres

Surat-based startup Canvaloop has developed a proprietary technology to generate environmentally-friendly fibres from hemp and agricultural waste to help the end user with sustainable fabrics. -

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December 03, 2021 It may surprise you to learn that the fashion industry is one of the world’s biggest polluters. Most of the clothes we wear are not environmentally friendly as it requires 9,000 litres of water to extract one kilogram of cotton fibre, as per various reports.

But a Surat-based natural materials science startup claims to do the same with just 10 litres of water by using other plant materials or agricultural waste like hemp, banana plant, or pineapple leaves.

Canvaloop, founded by Shreyans Kokra in 2017, wants to bring about the very change in the way one develops fibres, which are later spun into textile as a sustainable material.

Developing sustainable fabrics
A chartered financial analyst by training, Shreyans found his calling when he did an entrepreneurship course from Babson College in the US and became very conscious about the harmful effects of textile manufacturing.

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