The disclosure provides methods for producing plant-based compositions. The plant-based composition comprises a mixture comprising mucilage derived from Opuntia ficus-indica and polyurethane, wherein the mixture comprises at least about 10 wt % of mucilage. The plant-based composition further comprises a textile support coupled to the mixture, wherein at least a portion of the textile support is saturated by the mixture.

The present invention is directed to a synthetic leather preparation, said process includes the following steps: a. to extract a powder from a vegetal source having a volumetric average diameter particles lower than 40 μm, humidity content lower than 10% in weight, lignin content higher than 30% in weight on the dry residue, and fiber NDF content higher to 85% in weight measured on dry residue; b. to mix the powder obtained as from the step a) with polyurethane in relative quantities comprised between 15:85 and 85:15; c. to spread step b) mix on a vegetal origin support in the presence of a glue. The invention is also directed to the synthetic leather obtained from the above-described method.

Textile composites for garments including footwear uppers and footwear comprising the same that provide protection from flame and liquid water whilst at the same time being lightweight and flexible for the wearer. The textile composite comprises a microfiber outer layer; a nonwoven layer, and in some embodiments a porous polymeric membrane on a support layer.

The disclosure provides methods for producing plant-based compositions. The plant-based composition comprises a mixture comprising mucilage derived from Opuntia ficus-indica and polyurethane, wherein the mixture comprises at least about 50 wt % of polyurethane. The plant-based composition further comprises a textile support coupled to the mixture, wherein at least a portion of the textile support is saturated by the mixture.

A manufactured shearling material comprises a leather layer and a knitted wool layer laminated together. The leather layer may be made by grinding up waste/scrap leather and adhering it to a backing, and giving texture (or texturizing) a surface to give the surface a particular feel (e.g., a suede feel). The scrap leather may be from various animals, including cows, sheep, etc. The knitted wool layer may comprise recycled wool clippings organized together to simulate the fur surface of natural shearling, and the wool clippings may be combined with one or more additional materials (e.g., fur, cotton, polyester, Tencel, silk, etc.) at various blends (e.g., 80/20 blend of wool and Tencel) to control the feel, aesthetics, and/or functionality, etc. of the knitted wool layer. Furs, hair, or other materials other may be utilized instead of the recycled wool clippings. An additional layer may be provided on top of the leather, with such additional layer being a synthetic recycled fabric.

One or more embodiments of the present invention provides a process for the preparation of a coating or layer on a substrate, in which process a mixture comprising one or more polyurethane dispersions, one or more flame retardants, which can be halogen-based or halogen-free, one or more foam stabilizers and optionally one or more crosslinkers is mechanically foamed and then applied on a substrate as a foam, optionally followed by adding flocking fibres, and subsequently dried, wherein the foam has flame retardant properties and remains present as a stable pressure resistant dried foam.

The present invention discloses a hydrophobic non-woven textile and the method of production thereof, the method for production comprising the steps of providing a fruit or vegetable pomace, comminuting the pomace, mixing the disrupted pomace with a density-modifying agent, dehydrating the disrupted pomace, distributing the water reduced pomace on a surface, drying the distributed water reduced pomace, and coating the non-woven textile with a hydrophobic polymer to provide the hydrophobic non-woven textile.

The present disclosure relates to the use of eggshell particles as a polymer thermal stabilizer, preferably as a poly(vinyl chloride) (PVC) thermal stabilizer; also to a flexible material comprising a multi-layered PVC-based material, method of obtaining and uses thereof.

An aspect of the present disclosure relates to a material comprising a poly(vinyl chloride), PVC, layer comprising eggshell particles, wherein the eggshell particle size is up to 200 μm, an intermediate layer or a plurality of intermediate layers; a support layer selected from the following list: fabric, knitted fabric, nonwoven, foam, or mixtures thereof; wherein the layers are bounded. Preferably a material solution free of azodicarbonamide, for automotive Interiors—Eco-friendlier, preferably sustainable artificial leather for automotive upholsteries.

A leather substrate formed from waste leather and its method of production, particularly a leather substrate made up substantially of a collagen fibril matrix.

A leather-like sheet includes: a fiber base material; an intermediate resin layer stacked on one surface of the fiber base material; and a surface resin layer stacked on the intermediate resin layer. The surface resin layer contains a polyether-based polyurethane and spherical fine particles having a heat resistance at 200° C., and has a content ratio of the spherical fine particles of 5 to 40 mass %. The spherical fine particles have a specific heat of 0.95 kJ/(kg.Math.K) or more, a particle size D.sub.50 (median diameter) at a cumulative distribution of 50 vol %, of 2.5 to 10 μm, and a particle size D.sub.10 at a cumulative distribution of 10 vol % of the spherical fine particles which satisfies a condition that a particle size dispersity D.sub.50/D.sub.10≤3.