Reinventing Rayon.

"On average, it takes 2.5-3 tons of trees to create 1 ton of viscose pulp, but it takes only about 1 ton of recycled cotton or rayon to make 1 ton of viscose pulp." Canopy's priority is to ensure no viscose is sourced from ancient and endangered forests, and she says the next step is to replace fiber from forests with fiber from a more sustainable source. The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations divides forests into several categories: primary forests, secondary forests, planted forests, and plantations. Canopy says this creates an opportunity to recycle a fraction of the 20 million tons of cotton fabric waste and the 6 million tons of viscose fabric waste generated every year back into viscose pulp. [Extracted from the article]