{"id":281,"date":"2010-05-13T16:27:00","date_gmt":"2010-05-13T16:27:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dev.sarahshah.com\/index.php\/2010\/many-names-of-rayon-soy-bamboo-viscose-modal-tencel\/"},"modified":"2018-06-21T14:38:44","modified_gmt":"2018-06-21T14:38:44","slug":"many-names-of-rayon-soy-bamboo-viscose-modal-tencel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.sarahshah.com\/blog\/index.php\/2010\/many-names-of-rayon-soy-bamboo-viscose-modal-tencel\/","title":{"rendered":"Many Names Of Rayon: Soy, Bamboo, Viscose, Modal, Tencel"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n

<\/a>\"\"<\/a>Rayon<\/a> first came on the fashion scene in the early 1900s. Rayon is a semi-synthetic material made from plant materials that are synthesized with a chemical-intensive process to convert plant pulp to silky fibers. Rayon was first made from cellulose from cotton and trees. More recently, bamboo and soy are used as the feedstock for rayon production.<\/p>\n

Labeling<\/b><\/p>\n

Rayon made from cellulose or cotton pulp is often labeled \u201cRayon\u201d \u201cModal\u201d or \u201cTencel TM.\u201d However, rayon made from bamboo or soy is often labeled with the feedstock material \u201cBamboo\u201d or \u201cSoy.\u201d This labeling is somewhat ambiguous. Although the feedstock is natural, the various processes for creating the soft, silky fibers are industrial and chemical-intensive. Soy fabrics and any soft, draping bamboo fabrics are rayons. Bamboo<\/a> with a texture similar to linen is far less processed.<\/p>\n

Sustainability<\/b><\/p>\n

Rayon is made from plants, which are a renewable resource. The more sustainable forestry, cultivation and harvesting practices that are employed in the production of the feedstock plant material, the \u201cgreener\u201d the end product.<\/p>\n

– <\/span>Trees and cotton can be cultivated with conventional or sustainable and organic methods.<\/p>\n

– Bamboo is the world\u2019s fastest growing plant so the cultivation cycle of harvesting and <\/span>replanting is quick. This plant thrives without synthetic fertilizers, pesticides herbicides.<\/p>\n

– <\/span>Soy cultivation has low impact on the soil and plants are grown without pesticides. Soy yarn is made from the material left behind after soybean oil pressing and tofu production <\/span>so production of fibers turns trash into treasure.<\/p>\n

– <\/span>Some rayon production, such as Tencel, employs closed-loop systems that reclaim and reuse chemical and wastewater components of the manufacturing process.<\/p>\n

You get to decide what “green” means to you. The sustainability and impact puzzle is complex. When choosing natural fabrics for their eco-friendly properties, you can consider the source of the material: whether the material is made from natural materials or man-made chemicals. Or you can consider all or part of the life-cycle: cultivation and harvest of the raw material, fiber processing and dying, energy used for manufacture and transportation to market, cleaning and care for the garments and use-life and final disposition of the material.<\/p>\n

Click here<\/a> for more about natural fibers and fabrics.<\/p>\n

Thank you Kiana McFarland for your help with the research for this post. <\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Rayon first came on the fashion scene in the early 1900s. Rayon is a semi-synthetic material made from plant materials that are synthesized with a chemical-intensive process to convert plant pulp to silky fibers. Rayon was first made from cellulose from cotton and trees. More recently, bamboo and soy are used as the feedstock for […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[165,1192],"tags":[136,394,396,401,182,392,7,400,188],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.sarahshah.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/281"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.sarahshah.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.sarahshah.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.sarahshah.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.sarahshah.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=281"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.sarahshah.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/281\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":565,"href":"http:\/\/www.sarahshah.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/281\/revisions\/565"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.sarahshah.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=281"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.sarahshah.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=281"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.sarahshah.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=281"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}