For over 10 years HTnaturals has been producing fabric and apparel from the finest environmentally friendly fibers available. Bamboo, Soy, Hemp, Organic cotton, and Recycled Polyester are just a few of the innovative fabrics we use.
Bamboo is one of the fastest growing plants and its long fibers are extremely strong. Soft, stretchy, absorbent, and easy to care for, its great for use in daily-wear and active-wear apparel.
Soy is a natural by-product of normal food production, and a renewable resource. The fiber is made from the hulls of soy beans used in food production. Soy has been dubbed “vegetable cashmere” due to its luxurious, soft hand. It is also extremely durable and easy to care for.
Hemp was considered such a vital resource in the early 1600’s that laws were passed ordering farmers to grow it. As opposed to cotton, hemp is one of the most environmentally friendly fibers in the world, requiring virtually no pesticides, herbicides or fertilizers and very little irrigation. Almost half of the agricultural chemicals used on U. S. crops are applied to cotton. Hemp exhibits eight times the strength of cotton, and fabrics made from hemp are more insulating, absorbent, and more durable than cotton.
Organic Cotton farming reduces the mass use of pesticides, chemicals and water. The chemicals used in conventional cotton production are some of the most harmful known to man. Every year new chemicals are created to spray cotton crops as the plant and insects that invade it grow immune to the current chemicals used. Organic cotton still requires a great deal of water to grow. Turkey and the USA are the largest producers of organic cotton, however it still only accounts for .03% of the world's total cotton production.
Recycled Polyester fibers are re-used to make fabrics. Poly ethylene terephthalate (or simply PET) is the most common polyester used for fiber purposes. This is the polymer used for making soft drink bottles. Recycling PET by re-melting it and extruding it as a new fiber saves raw materials while reducing energy consumption. Recycled polyesters are popular because they are more fire-retardant, easy to clean, and inexpensive. They can be blended with almost any other fiber. One square yard of fabric contains roughly five clear, 2-liter soda bottles.
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