ALTERNATIVE FIBERS I: FEATHER FIBERS AND PEANUT HULL FIBERS

Abstract

Even though various fibers are used today in textile production, researchers have started to search out alternative resources for natural fibers. Air, water and land pollution occurring because of overconsumption of fibers such as polyester, nylon, acrylic, polypropylene that are pretty much used in textile has created quite negative effects on the environment. For this reason, alternative environment-friendly fibers have been gaining importance in recent years. Alternative fibers are less known fiber types that exist in the forms of animal and cellulose fibers in nature. With some of their properties such as keeping warm, lightness etc., these fibers can be an alternative to the fibers used today. As these fibers decrease the burden of waste load thanks to their reuse, it is also possible to consider them significant for the protection of the environment. In this study, feather fibers and peanut hull fibers have been investigated and presents some information about obtaining, production and usage areas of these fibers by the method of literature review. At the end of the study, it has been concluded that the usage areas and production of these fibers should be increased.

Keywords

• Feather
• Down fibers
• teanut Hll
• Environment