A Technical and Economic Feasibility Study of Green Decortication of Hemp Fibre for Textile Uses

Abstract

Abstract In 2003-4 BioRegional Development Group carried out a technical and economic feasibility study of a method of green decortication of hemp and degumming for the production of textile fibre. The study was published in December 2004. Two field trials of the green decortication technology took place in the UK and Australia, Cranfield University evaluated the process in both instances. Some of the fibre produced was subsequently processed in preparation for spinning. This paper contains the findings of these trials.