ORGANIC COTTON- Bio Certified Yarns ( EN 2092/91)
● Accredited inspection & certification bodies certify the organic origin of the
cotton. The inspection body inspects farms, processing units, importers and
examines soil, crop and tissue samples.
● Every delivery comes with an organic certificate. Bekaert guarantees a strict
product flow segregation and 100 % backwards product traceability
What is organic production ?
● Gossypium, the cotton plant, shows cotton fibers that grow around cotton
seeds in a cotton boll. Although cotton is a natural product with a very high yield,
industrial cotton farming introduced techniques for production,
harvesting and processing that are damaging for the environment. Organic or
biocotton is grown, harvested and processed using sustainable methods.
Any farm wanting to convert from regular to organic cotton must go through a
transition period of 3 years. Organic production features are :
● The parent cotton plants have been produced without the use of genetically
modified organisms ( GMO’s )
● Use of composted manures instead of synthetic fertilizers
● Appropriate cotton field rotation is applied
● Use of innovative weeding techniques ( flame weeding ) instead of herbicides
● Protect the natural enemies of pests : beneficial insects replace pesticides
● Use of a cotton picker to remove the cotton from the boll, leaving the plant
intact. This as opposed to the use of a cotton stripper, who strips the boll off
the plant after a toxic defoliant has been used
● Use fully biodegradable detergents to clean the fibers
Bio certified yarns ( EN 2092/91 )