**Acknowledgements**

The mobilizing project TexBoost—less Commodities more Specialties (no 24523), in PPS 5, sustainability and circular economy, a project co-financed by COMPETE 2020—Operational Program for Competitiveness and Internationalization—and in Portugal 2020 through the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF).

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*Innovation of Textiles through Natural By-Products and Wastes*

\*, Ana Isabel Magalhães1

, Sandra Gabriela Ventura7

, Ana Sofia Silva<sup>5</sup>

, Pedro Faria1

, Albertina Reis4

(CITEVE), Vila Nova de Famalicão, Portugal

7 Têxteis Penedo, SA, Mascotelos, Portugal

4 Riopele—Têxteis SA, Av. Pousada de Saramagos, Portugal

5 Tintex—Textiles SA, Vila Nova de Cerveira, Portugal

9 Ert Têxtil Portugal, SA, São João da Madeira, Portugal

\*Address all correspondence to: lcoelho@centi.pt

provided the original work is properly cited.

, Sara Fernandes1

, Ricardo Jorge Silva5

, João Silva Abreu7

, Bruna Moura1

, Mário Marques4

, Catarina Costa1

1 Centre of Nanotechnology and Smart Materials (CeNTI), Vila Nova de Famalicão,

2 Associated Laboratory of Faculty of Biotechnology of the Catholic University of Portugal (ESB-UCP), Centre of Biotechnology and Fine Chemistry (CBQF), Porto,

6 Sedacor-Sociedade Exportadora De Artigos De Cortiça Lda, São Paio de Oleiros,

© 2020 The Author(s). Licensee IntechOpen. This chapter is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/ by/3.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium,

8 Technological Centre for the Leather Industry (CTIC), Alcanena, Portugal

3 Technological Centre for the Textile and Clothing Industries of Portugal

, Marta Carvalho4

, Maria Helena Vilaça<sup>3</sup>

, Fernando Manuel Merino9

, Patrícia Batista2

, Jéssica Alexandra Pereira<sup>3</sup>

, Mónica Sofia Gonçalves9

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,

,

,

,

,

, Augusta Marinho3

, Ângela Teles4

, Joaquim Manuel Gaião8

, Mário Jorge Silva5

*DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.93011*

**Author details**

Lorena Coelho1

Rosa Maria3

Vera Lúcia Sá6

Portugal

Portugal

Portugal

Manuela Pintado2

José De Almeida Morgado3

Pedro José Magalhães5

Raquel Rosa Mourão8

and Regina Malgueiro1
