Read on for four sustainable materials made from banana plants exhibited at the Future Fabrics Expo. Banofi leather Banofi (above and top) is a plant-based leather made from banana crop waste.

Textile company Bananatex has developed a biodegradable lightweight jersey fabric by extracting fibres from the stalks of Abacá banana plants ... This is made into yarn through a paper-making ...

Bananatex® is the world’s first durable, technical fabric made purely from the naturally grown Abacá banana plants. It was developed with environmental responsibility in mind – the Abacá is sturdy and ...

Uganda’s Mawejje Creations, for instance, is a socially minded company that produces textiles made from waste banana plants, fabric offcuts, secondhand clothes, and organic cotton. The business’s ...