Scotland Magazine section Scotland Heritage

Jute City

Scotland's fourth city was built largely on the Jute industry, a natural fibre also known as hessian or burlap. Gavin D Smith reports.

Last year Dundee launched an initiative to become the first ‘plastic bag-free’ city in Scotland, with the council and local retailers handing out thousands of reusable carriers made from jute, imported from India. Until the low wage economies of the Indian sub-continent brought about its ultimate de...

By Gavin D. Smith from Issue 38 published on 11/04/2008