Women workers make soft toys using recycled fibre separated from cigarette filter tips at a cigarette butts recycling factory in Noida, India September 12, 2022. REUTERS/Anushree Fadnavis 

Recycled fibre made from cigarette filter tips is seen in a cotton gin machine at a cigarette butts recycling factory in Noida, India September 12, 2022. REUTERS/Anushree Fadnavis 

Soft toys made using recycled fibre separated from cigarette filter tips are seen at a cigarette butts recycling factory in Noida, India September 12, 2022. REUTERS/Anushree Fadnavis 

Women workers make soft toys using recycled fibre separated from cigarette filter tips at a cigarette butts recycling factory in Noida, India September 12, 2022. REUTERS/Anushree Fadnavis 

A worker loads recycled fibre made from cigarette filter tips in a cotton gin machine at a cigarette butts recycling factory in Noida, India September 12, 2022. REUTERS/Anushree Fadnavis 

A man mixes fibre separated from the cigarette filter tips in an industrial shredder at a cigarette butts recycling factory in Noida, India September 12, 2022. REUTERS/Anushree Fadnavis 

A man squeezes the shredded fibre separated from the cigarette filter tips at a cigarette butts recycling factory in Noida, India September 12, 2022. REUTERS/Anushree Fadnavis 

The shredded fibre separated from the cigarette filter tips is being treated with a biodegradable chemical composition at a cigarette butts recycling factory in Noida, India, September 12, 2022. REUTERS/Anushree Fadnavis 

A worker separates paper and fibre from cigarette filter tips at a cigarette butts recycling factory in Noida, India September 12, 2022. REUTERS/Anushree Fadnavis 

A worker separates paper and fibre from cigarette filter tips at a cigarette butts recycling factory in Noida, India September 12, 2022. REUTERS/Anushree Fadnavis 

Kimani Muturi, managing director of TexFad plant, displays hair extension made form fibres extracted from the sheaths of banana trunks at a workshop in Sonde settlement of Mukono near Kampala, Uganda, April 3, 2021. Picture taken April 3, 2021. REUTERS/Abubaker Lubowa 

Kimani Muturi, managing director of TexFad plant, displays a carpet from the fibre extracted from the sheaths of banana trunks at the TexFad plant in Sonde settlement of Mukono near Kampala, Uganda, April 3, 2021. Picture taken April 3, 2021. REUTERS/Abubaker Lubowa 

A worker weaves a wall carpet from the fibre extracted from the sheaths of banana trunks at the TexFad plant in Sonde settlement of Mukono near Kampala, Uganda, April 3, 2021. Picture taken April 3, 2021. REUTERS/Abubaker Lubowa 

Kimani Muturi, managing director of TexFad plant, displays hair extension made form fibres extracted from the sheaths of banana trunks at a workshop in Sonde settlement of Mukono near Kampala, Uganda, April 3, 2021. Picture taken April 3, 2021. REUTERS/Abubaker Lubowa 

Kimani Muturi, managing director of TexFad plant, looks on as a worker weaves a wall carpet from the fibre extracted from the sheaths of banana trunks at the workshop in Sonde settlement of Mukono near Kampala, Uganda, April 3, 2021. Picture taken April 3, 2021. REUTERS/Abubaker Lubowa 

A worker weaves a carpet from the fibre extracted from the sheaths of banana trunks at the TexFad plant in Sonde settlement of Mukono near Kampala, Uganda, April 3, 2021. Picture taken April 3, 2021. REUTERS/Abubaker Lubowa 

A worker weaves a carpet from the fibre extracted from the sheaths of banana trunks at the TexFad plant in Sonde settlement of Mukono near Kampala, Uganda, April 3, 2021. Picture taken April 3, 2021. REUTERS/Abubaker Lubowa 

Kimani Muturi, managing director of TexFad plant displays a carpet from the fibre extracted from the sheaths of banana trunks at the TexFad plant in Sonde settlement of Mukono near Kampala, Uganda, April 3, 2021. Picture taken April 3, 2021. REUTERS/Abubaker Lubowa 

A worker weaves a wall carpet from the fibre extracted from the sheaths of banana trunks at the TexFad plant in Sonde settlement of Mukono near Kampala, Uganda, April 3, 2021. Picture taken April 3, 2021. REUTERS/Abubaker Lubowa 

A worker weaves a wall carpet from the fibre extracted from the sheaths of banana trunks at the TexFad plant in Sonde settlement of Mukono near Kampala, Uganda, April 3, 2021. Picture taken April 3, 2021. REUTERS/Abubaker Lubowa 

Director of Smart Climate Innovation Academy Simon Tugumisiriza samples fibre extracted from the sheaths of banana trunks as he airs them in the sun before they are woven into different products, at the TexFad plant in Sonde settlement of Mukono near Kampala, Uganda, April 3, 2021. Picture taken April 3, 2021. REUTERS/Abubaker Lubowa 

Mustafa Amuri, 25, extracts fibre from the banana stem peelings at the TexFad plant in Sonde settlement of Mukono near Kampala, Uganda, April 3, 2021. Picture taken April 3, 2021. REUTERS/Abubaker Lubowa 

Director of Smart Climate Innovation Academy Simon Tugumisiriza samples fibre extracted from the sheaths of banana trunks at the TexFad plant in Sonde settlement of Mukono near Kampala, Uganda, April 3, 2021. Picture taken April 3, 2021. REUTERS/Abubaker Lubowa 

Workers sort freshly cut banana stems at a plantation for fibre extraction from the sheaths of trunks, in Sonde settlement of Mukono near Kampala, Uganda, April 3, 2021. Picture taken April 3, 2021. REUTERS/Abubaker Lubowa 

Workers weave carpets from the fibre extracted from the sheaths of banana trunks at the TexFad plant in Sonde settlement of Mukono near Kampala, Uganda, April 3, 2021. Picture taken April 3, 2021. REUTERS/Abubaker Lubowa TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY 

A worker weaves a carpet from the fibre extracted from the sheaths of banana trunks at the TexFad plant in Sonde settlement of Mukono near Kampala, Uganda, April 3, 2021. Picture taken April 3, 2021. REUTERS/Abubaker Lubowa 

Mustafa Amuri, 25, extracts fibre from the banana stem peelings at the TexFad plant in Sonde settlement of Mukono near Kampala, Uganda, April 3, 2021. Picture taken April 3, 2021. REUTERS/Abubaker Lubowa 

A worker sorts a freshly cut banana stem at a plantation for fibre extraction from the sheaths of trunks, at the TexFad plant in Sonde settlement of Mukono near Kampala, Uganda, April 3, 2021. Picture taken April 3, 2021. REUTERS/Abubaker Lubowa 

Mustafa Amuri, 25, extracts fibre from the banana stem peelings at the TexFad plant in Sonde settlement of Mukono near Kampala, Uganda, April 3, 2021. Picture taken April 3, 2021. REUTERS/Abubaker Lubowa 

Director of Smart Climate Innovation Academy Simon Tugumisiriza cuts down a banana stem at a plantation for fibre extraction from the sheaths of trunks, in Sonde settlement of Mukono near Kampala, Uganda, April 3, 2021. Picture taken April 3, 2021. REUTERS/Abubaker Lubowa 

Director of Smart Climate Innovation Academy Simon Tugumisiriza and workers cut down banana stems at a plantation for fibre extraction from the sheaths of trunks, in Sonde settlement of Mukono near Kampala, Uganda, April 3, 2021. Picture taken April 3, 2021. REUTERS/Abubaker Lubowa 

Mustafa Amuri, 25, extracts fibre from the banana stem peelings at the TexFad plant in Sonde settlement of Mukono near Kampala, Uganda, April 3, 2021. Picture taken April 3, 2021. REUTERS/Abubaker Lubowa 

Director of Smart Climate Innovation Academy Simon Tugumisiriza cuts down a banana stem at a plantation for fibre extraction from the sheaths of trunks, in Sonde settlement of Mukono near Kampala, Uganda, April 3, 2021. Picture taken April 3, 2021. REUTERS/Abubaker Lubowa 

A view of the hollow fibre membrane used in the microfiltration process at a NEWater plant in Singapore July 19, 2018. Picture taken July 19, 2018. REUTERS/Edgar Su 

Reusable fibre shopping bags are displayed in a plastic bag-free Woolworths supermarket in Sydney, Australia, June 15, 2018. REUTERS/Jill Gralow 

Fibre glass in a giant loom is pictured at the Open Hybrid Lab Factory, which is a research and development center of several companies like German car maker Volkswagen, during a media tour to present Volkswagen's so called "Blaue Fabrik" (Blue Factory) environmental program, in Wolfsburg, Germany May 19, 2017. REUTERS/Fabian Bimmer 

Fibre glass in a giant loom is pictured at the Open Hybrid Lab Factory, which is a research and development center of several companies like German car maker Volkswagen, during a media tour to present Volkswagen's so called "Blaue Fabrik" (Blue Factory) environmental program, in Wolfsburg, Germany May 19, 2017. REUTERS/Fabian Bimmer 

Plastic fibre is pictured in a giant loom at the Open Hybrid Lab Factory, which is a research and development center of several companies like German car maker Volkswagen, during a media tour to present Volkswagen's so called "Blaue Fabrik" (Blue Factory) environmental program, in Wolfsburg, Germany May 19, 2017. REUTERS/Fabian Bimmer 

Employees check some spools of plastic fibre in a giant loom at the Open Hybrid Lab Factory, which is a research and development center of several companies like German car maker Volkswagen, during a media tour to present Volkswagen's so called "Blaue Fabrik" (Blue Factory) environmental program, in Wolfsburg, Germany May 19, 2017. REUTERS/Fabian Bimmer 

An employee checks spools of plastic fibre in a giant loom at the Open Hybrid Lab Factory, which is a research and development center of several companies like German car maker Volkswagen, during a media tour to present Volkswagen's so called "Blaue Fabrik" (Blue Factory) environmental program, in Wolfsburg, Germany May 19, 2017. REUTERS/Fabian Bimmer 

A biocomposite footbridge made from fibres of hemp and flax, stuck to a biological polylactic acid (PLA) foam core, is seen on the campus of Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e) in Eindhoven, the Netherlands, December 15, 2016. Picture taken December 15, 2016. REUTERS/Jim Drury 

A biocomposite footbridge made from fibres of hemp and flax, stuck to a biological polylactic acid (PLA) foam core, is seen on the campus of Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e) in Eindhoven, the Netherlands, December 15, 2016. Picture taken December 15, 2016. REUTERS/Jim Drury 

A biocomposite footbridge made from fibres of hemp and flax, stuck to a biological polylactic acid (PLA) foam core, is seen on the campus of Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e) in Eindhoven, the Netherlands, December 15, 2016. Picture taken December 15, 2016. REUTERS/Jim Drury 

Researcher Fredrik Aldaeus shows a new textile fibre from wood in the research institute Innventia laboratory in Stockholm, Sweden, February 8, 2016. Nordic pulp makers are developing clean ways to turn birch and pine trees into clothes or sofa covers to help revive their industry and meet demand from fashion and furniture firms for alternative textiles to cotton. Picture taken February 8. REUTERS/Anna Ringstrom 

Researcher Fredrik Aldaeus shows a new textile fibre made from wood in the research institute Innventia's laboratory in Stockholm, Sweden, February 8, 2016. Nordic pulp makers are developing clean ways to turn birch and pine trees into clothes or sofa covers to help revive their industry and meet demand from fashion and furniture firms for alternative textiles to cotton. Picture taken February 8. REUTERS/Anna Ringstrom 

A sign marks the closed and defunct Murray Albin Gin Company in Albin, Mississippi October 24, 2015. Cotton has struggled to recover demand lost amid price spikes in 2008, 2010, and 2011, which drove consumers towards clothes made of other fibres, such as polyester and nylon. REUTERS/Brian Snyder PICTURE 27 OF 28 FOR WIDER IMAGE STORY "THE LEGACY OF 'KING COTTON' IN THE AMERICAN SOUTH" SEARCH "KING COTTON" FOR ALL IMAGES 

Pieces of confiscated ivory tusks, which have been sealed in fibre drums, are seen before they are delivered to a rotary kiln at a chemical waste treatment centre in Hong Kong May 15, 2014. A 28-ton stockpile of confiscated ivory began to burn in Hong Kong on Thursday, in a process that could take a year or more, according to local media. REUTERS/Tyrone Siu (CHINA - Tags: ENVIRONMENT ANIMALS CRIME LAW) 

A worker pulls a fibre drum containing pieces of confiscated ivory into a skip elevator at a chemical waste treatment centre in Hong Kong May 15, 2014. A 28-ton stockpile of confiscated ivory began to burn in Hong Kong on Thursday, in a process that could take a year or more, according to local media. REUTERS/Tyrone Siu (CHINA - Tags: ENVIRONMENT ANIMALS CRIME LAW) 

Workers wait for a skip elevator next to fibre drums containing pieces of confiscated ivory at a chemical waste treatment centre in Hong Kong May 15, 2014. A 28-ton stockpile of confiscated ivory began to burn in Hong Kong on Thursday, in a process that could take a year or more, according to local media. REUTERS/Tyrone Siu (CHINA - Tags: ENVIRONMENT ANIMALS CRIME LAW) 

A suburban street is seen in Geelong February 24, 2014. Geelong, south of Melbourne, is a microcosm of the economic crossroads at which Australia stands. The steps authorities and industry leaders take here - securing next-generation defence contracts or incubating carbon fibre production - will be closely watched to see if the city becomes Australia's Silicon Valley or its Detroit. Picture taken February 24, 2014. REUTERS/Jason Reed (AUSTRALIA - Tags: BUSINESS SOCIETY)

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A visitor to the Shell Club, a sports and social venue, plays a slot machine near the Shell Oil refinery in Geelong February 26, 2014. Geelong, south of Melbourne, is a microcosm of the economic crossroads at which Australia stands. The steps authorities and industry leaders take here - securing next-generation defence contracts or incubating carbon fibre production - will be closely watched to see if the city becomes Australia's Silicon Valley or its Detroit. Picture taken February 26, 2014. REUTERS/Jason Reed (AUSTRALIA - Tags: BUSINESS SOCIETY)

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The Alcoa Aluminium Smelter is pictured before sunrise at Point Henry in Geelong, February 25, 2014. Geelong, south of Melbourne, is a microcosm of the economic crossroads at which Australia stands. The steps authorities and industry leaders take here - securing next-generation defence contracts or incubating carbon fibre production - will be closely watched to see if the city becomes Australia's Silicon Valley or its Detroit. Picture taken February 25, 2014. REUTERS/Jason Reed (AUSTRALIA - Tags: BUSINESS SOCIETY ENVIRONMENT)

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A worker at a beach-front attraction, the Giant Sky Wheel, goes on a break at sunset, in Geelong February 25, 2014. Geelong, south of Melbourne, is a microcosm of the economic crossroads at which Australia stands. The steps authorities and industry leaders take here - securing next-generation defence contracts or incubating carbon fibre production - will be closely watched to see if the city becomes Australia's Silicon Valley or its Detroit. Picture taken February 25, 2014. REUTERS/Jason Reed (AUSTRALIA - Tags: BUSINESS SOCIETY)

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A woman known as Purl 1, 47, originally from Essex and part of a group of 'yarnbombers' based in the rural South Down, poses near the Mourne Mountains in County Down, Northern Ireland April 25, 2013. The group is planning to target the June 17-18 G8 summit in Enniskillen with yarnbombing, a type of graffiti using knitted or crocheted yarn or fibre. REUTERS/Cathal McNaughton (Northern Ireland - Tags: POLITICS SOCIETY ENTERTAINMENT TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY) 

A woman and her son extract fibres from coconut husks to be recycled, next to a railway track in Dhaka August 27, 2012. Recycled coconut husk fibres are typically used as materials for making mattresses and shower brushes. REUTERS/Andrew Biraj (BANGLADESH - Tags: ENVIRONMENT SOCIETY) 

Women extract fibres from coconut husks to be recycled, next to a railway track in Dhaka August 27, 2012. Recycled coconut husk fibres are typically used as materials for making mattresses and shower brushes. REUTERS/Andrew Biraj (BANGLADESH - Tags: ENVIRONMENT SOCIETY) 

A woman, wearing a nylon mask, smiles as she rests on the shore during her visit to a beach in Qingdao, Shandong province July 6, 2012. The mask, which was invented by a woman about seven years ago, is used to block the sun's rays. The mask is under mass production and is on sale at local swimwear stores. REUTERS/Aly Song (CHINA - Tags: SOCIETY TRAVEL ENVIRONMENT) 

Women, wearing nylon masks, rest on the shore during their visit to a beach in Qingdao, Shandong province July 6, 2012. The mask, which was invented by a woman about seven years ago, is used to block the sun's rays. The mask is under mass production and is on sale at local swimwear stores. REUTERS/Aly Song (CHINA - Tags: SOCIETY TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY ENVIRONMENT TRAVEL) 

Producer of sisal fibres works at his farm in Conceiao do Coite in the state of Bahia June 11, 2012. Farmers reported losses of more than 40% production of sisal fibres during the drought this year. Water reservoirs remained empty for weeks and nearly 300 towns declared a state of emergency in the state of Bahia alone during the month of May. Although there has been some rainfall over the past days, the small farmers in the region are still struggling to recover what they lost during the dry period. The situation in the northeast is one of the many climate issues on the agenda of this month's UN Rio+20 sustainable development summit in Rio de Janeiro. The Rio+20 conference is expected to attract some 50,000 participants this month. The official summit will take place from June 20 to 22. Picture taken on June 11, 2012. REUTERS/Lunae Parracho (BRAZIL - Tags: ENVIRONMENT SOCIETY TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)