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Finland: MEP showcases novel recycled garments

13/12/2017

Finnish MEP Sirpa Pietikäinen wore a dress made from VTT’s latest renewable fibre, which she accessorised with bioplastics, to celebrate Finland's Centenary Independence Day Reception at the Presidential Palace. The research institute used its own cellulose carbamate technology (CCA) to dissolve used cotton textiles and to produce new fibre from...

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