Tech-based clothing startup Vollebak has launched a T-shirt made entirely from wood pulp and algae, which breaks down in soil or in a composter within three months.
The T-shirt itself is made from wood pulp sourced from sustainably managed forests.
Vollebak sources wood from eucalyptus, beech, and spruce trees, which are chipped and pulped before being turned into fibre, then yarn and finally fabric.
When no longer needed, the T-shirt can be composted or buried in the ground Once the T-shirt reaches the end of its life, it can either be put in a compost bin or buried in the ground, where the company claims it will decompose within three months.
"The plant and algae T-shirt needs the fungus, bacteria and heat from the earth to start to break down," Tidball told Dezeen.
"So if you want it to disintegrate you have to bury it in the ground or put it out in the compost ? it's not going to happen in your wardrobe," he added.
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