THE USES OF JUTES FIBRE (CORHORUS OLITORUS)

            Jute is the second most important vegetable fibre after cotton; not only for cultivation, but also for various uses. Jute is used chiefly to make cloth for wrapping bales of raw cotton, and to make sacks and coarse cloth. The fibers are also woven into curtains, chair coverings, carpets, area rugs, Hessian cloth, and backing for linoleum. White jute is being replaced by synthetic materials in many of these uses, some uses take advantage of jute’s biodegradable nature, where synthetics would be unsuitable. Examples of such uses include containers for planting young trees which can be planted directly with container without disturbing the roots, and land restoration where jute cloth prevents erosion occurring while natural vegetation becomes established.

            The fibers are used alone or blended with other types of fibers to make twine and rope. Jute butts, the coarse ends of the plants, are used to make inexpensive cloth. Conversely, very fine threads of jute can be separated out and made into imitation silk. As jute fibers are also being used to make pulp and paper, and with increasing concern over forest destruction for the wood pulp used to make most paper. Jute has a long history of use in the sackings, carpets, wrapping fabrics (cotton bale), and construction fabric manufacturing industry.
            Traditionally jute was used in traditional textile machineries as tensile fibers having cellulose (vegetable fibre content) and lignin (wood fiber content). But, the major breakthrough came when the automobile, pulp and paper, and the furniture and bedding industries started to use jute and its allied fibers with their non-woven and composite technology to manufacture nonwovens, technical textiles and composites. Therefore, jute has changed its textile fiber outlook and steadily heading towards its newer identity, i.e. wood fiber. As a textile fibre, jute has reached its peak from where there is no hope of progress, but as a wood fiber jute has many promising features.
            Jute can be used to create a number of fabrics such as Hessian cloth, sacking, scrim, carpet backing cloth (CBC), and canvas, Hessian, lighter than sacking, is used for bags, wrappers, wall-coverings, upholstery, and home furnishings.            Diversified jute products are becoming more and more valuable to the consumer today. Among these are espadrilles, floor coverings, home textiles, high performance technical textiles, Geotextiles composites, and more.
                        Jute has many advantages as a home textile, either replacing cotton or blending with it. It is a strong, durable, color and light-fast fibre. Its ultra violent (UV) protection, sound and heat insulation, low thermal conduction and anti-static properties make it a wise choice in home decoration.
 Also, fabrics made of jute fibers are carbon-dioxide neutral and naturally decomposable. These properties are also why jute can be used in high performance technical textiles.
            Jute is also used in the making of ghillie suits which are used as camouflage and resemble grasses or brush.
            Another diversified jute product is Geotextiles, which made this agricultural commodity more popular in the agricultural sector. It is a lightly woven fabric made from natural fibers that is used for soil erosion control, seed protection, weed control, and many other agricultural and landscaping uses. The Geotextiles can be used more than a year and the bio-degradable jute Geotextile left to rot on the ground keeps the ground cool and is able to make the land more fertile.
        Moreover, Jute is the major crop among others that is able to protect deforestation by industrialization.
            Thus, jute is the most environment-friendly fibre starting from the seed to expired fiber, as the expired fibers can be recycled more than once. Jute is also known to be used in creating purses, shoes and shopping bags.

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