Viscose rayon is growing in popularity due to its low cost and eco-friendly perception. While one of the biggest suppliers has made significant progress in halting deforestation, reports suggest the ...

If you look at the tags inside your clothing, you’ll often see “rayon” or “viscose.” An increasingly popular fabric–production has doubled in the past decade–these man-made cellulosic fibers are ...

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Correction: A previous version of this article mistakenly listed nylon - instead of rayon - as one of the fabrics made from forests. Large and globally recognized fashion brands are working to change ...

Haley Mast is a freelance writer, fact-checker, and small organic farmer in the Columbia River Gorge. She enjoys gardening, reporting on environmental topics, and spending her time outside ...

Gus Casely-Hayford explores the history of viscose rayon, a textile with the power to shake up class dynamics and transform our natural world. Show more It's 1924 and the young Russian graduate Alexis ...

Turning trees into textiles is linked to historical atrocities and environmental harm. But any plant-based material can potentially become viscose-rayon Rayon is a soft, silky fabric that is perhaps ...