Fabric revolution

Fashion is one of the most polluting industries. The 9th Future Fabrics Expo aims to change that. This textile exhibition in London is promoting new, cleaner materials.

The Expo was founded by The Sustainable Angle. It's a non-profit organisation which wants the fashion industry to adopt a new approach.

Many fabrics on display were made using waste materials. These include plastic bottles and this pineapple leaf fibre from the Philippines.

Ceri Rees, Sales and Marketing Manager Ananas anam: "the fruit is cut and harvested for consumption and we use the plant, the long plant leaves that are left behind which are otherwise usually burnt or sometimes they're left to rot so we, we're adding value to this waste, waste product."

In Brazil, fish skin has been turned into leather.

Rodrigo Lopes, Commercial director of Nova Kaeru: "it's a very important food source and the skins were just going to waste then we turned into this beautiful leather."

The exhibition is to show designers more environmentally friendly options exist.

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