Ecological lifestyle becomes more and more popular every year and European Union regulations provide to use more renewable and recyclable materials in daily life so it gives a hope that demand of environmentally friendly textile will increase in future years. As hemp fibres are natural, ecological and have good physical mechanical properties comparing with other natural or chemical fibres, these fibres have great potential for use in textiles, such as nonwovens. Hemp fibre nonwovens combined with thermoplastic polymer can be used in various spheres - they can be used for household materials, building or automobile industries. However, there are several growing or processing factors that affect hemp fibre quality and mechanical properties. Properties for hemp fibre grown in Latvia were tested in Riga Technical University. There were carried out different factors that affect hemp fibre properties and there were studied possibilities to use hemp fibre to produce nonwovens and composite materials.