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‘Manufacturing synthetic fibres is actually helping conservation of forests’. Comment.

The synthetic fibres are made from petrochemicals, which are not derived from trees. Raw materials for natural fibres are mainly derived from plants and this means cutting a lot of trees. This leads to deforestation. Hence, manufacturing synthetic fibres helps in the conservation of forests.


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