Hygiene: disposables versus re-usables

The global hygiene market will grow 6.4 per cent annually until 2021, in terms of both volume and value, with the nonwovens segment growing at over twice this rate, as the surgical gowns and drapes market transitions to disposable nonwoven-based products globally, and the industrial wipes market continues to benefit from the US Environmental Protection Agency’s wiper rule, according to new research.