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**Chapter 6**

Innovation of Textiles through

*Lorena Coelho, Ana Isabel Magalhães, Sara Fernandes,* 

*Patrícia Batista, Manuela Pintado, Pedro Faria,* 

*Jéssica Alexandra Pereira, Pedro José Magalhães,* 

*Joaquim Manuel Gaião, Raquel Rosa Mourão,* 

advantages that they offer to the textile industry.

leather waste, alternative leather

**1. Introduction**

*and Regina Malgueiro*

**Abstract**

*Fernando Manuel Merino, Mónica Sofia Gonçalves* 

*Ana Sofia Silva, Ricardo Jorge Silva, Mário Jorge Silva,* 

*Vera Lúcia Sá, Sandra Gabriela Ventura, João Silva Abreu,* 

Nowadays, the competitiveness of the textile industry and the consumers' interest have been increasing the demand for innovative and functional textiles. Allied to this, sustainable developments are playing an increasingly important role in the textile industry. Such concerns led to a new development strategy based on the valorization of bio-based wastes and by-products of different industries, inserting this in the circular economy paradigm. These bio-based wastes and by-products come from several industries, as the agri-food industry. These resources present an enormous potential for valorization in the textile finish due to their intrinsic properties (antimicrobial, prebiotic, antioxidant activity, among others). This chapter will review the latest innovation and textile product development through different by-products and wastes, their main properties and characteristics and the

**Keywords:** innovative textiles, functional textiles, waste valorization, sustainability,

In the textile industry, the utilization of low environmental impact technologies that are based on sustainable raw materials presents a novel possible way for

circular economy, protein fraction, agro-industrial wastes, vegan leather,

*Catarina Costa, Bruna Moura, Augusta Marinho,* 

Natural By-Products and Wastes

*Rosa Maria, Albertina Reis, Marta Carvalho, Mário Marques,* 

*Ângela Teles, José De Almeida Morgado, Maria Helena Vilaça,* 
