Rubi & Ganni Launch Carbon Negative Yarn
US based Rubi Laboratories, which pioneered ‘Carbon Negative’ textiles and Denmark based fashion brand Ganni launched a yarn produced directly through a fully enzymatic process made from carbon emissions.
The two companies unveiled the yarn, which they claim is both water and land neutral at the Global Fashion Summit in Copenhagen and will design garments from Rubi-made CO2 fabric.
The yarn samples have been derived from carbon sequestration; a process inspired by photosynthesis and follows the principle of trees breathing CO2.
Ganni will be the first fashion brand to trial the fabrics made with Rubi’s patent-pending technology, through a blend composition of 20 percent Rubi cellulose yarn and standard industry cellulose.
Ganni has ambitions to research and develop innovative materials that will help the transition towards a more circular and lower-impact fashion industry.
Rubi uses biochemical processes powered by enzymes at an industrial scale to ‘eat’ carbon emissions and make carbon-derived, resource-neutral textiles.
Its patent-pending, cell-free biocatalysis process captures and converts CO2 from the waste streams of manufacturing facilities into cellulose.
The converted cellulose is then used to create lyocell yarn which can be used for clothing and materials, while 100 percent of CO2 inputted to the end product, is done with zero waste.
