LEEDS – The concern over single-use plastics will redefine the nonwovens industry, believes Dr Benham Pourdeyhimi, executive director of North Carolina’s Nonwovens Institute. Speaking at the 91st Textile Institute Conference held this week at the UK’s University of Leeds – his old alma mater – he said the industry was taking the issue extremely seriously and many believed the product that would next face legislative action would be single-use wipes containing synthetic fibres.
