| Textile Exchange Looks at Long-Lasting, Measurable Benefits for Climate, Nature and People; Redefines the Term “Preferred” |
Preferred Fibres |
New Definition |
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| New Project Aims to Deploy ‘Plastic-Eating’ Enzymes to Combat Waste Polyester Clothing |
Textile Waste |
Polyester Problem |
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| Recycling Gets Boost: US Researchers Devise Technology to Eliminate Problem of Garment Sorting |
Going Circular |
Garment Sorting |
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| Laundry Washing in UK Releases 17,847 tonnes of Microfibres Every Year |
Microfibre Pollution |
UK Laundering |
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| US Companies Generate $585 million for Fashion-Textiles Industry in Northern Central America |
Central America |
Investments |
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| Inclusive Circularity: Recycled Plastic Collected by Wastepickers Turned into 152 million Buttons |
Going Circular |
Inclusive Project |
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| Mechanical Recycling Will Become Major Technology for Single-Material Textiles, Says Study |
Going Sustainable |
Technologies |
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| Reliance Retail is First Retail Chain in India to Create In-Store Acceptance of Digital Rupee [e₹-R] for Customers |
Digital Currency |
India Retail |
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| Adidas Launches First Label in Almost 50 Years, Harps on Performance Technologies |
Launchpad |
Adidas Sportswear |
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| Australia’s Cotton Farmers Can Help Prevent Exploitation in the Global Garment Industry |
Cotton Farming |
Australian Industry |
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| Moving Away from Wet Processing Best Way to Avoid Microfibre Shedding in Textile Manufacturing |
Microfibre Pollution |
Wet Processing |
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| Wood-based Textiles: Standard LCA Studies Require Rethinking on Methods, Indicators and Metrics |
Manmade Cellulosic Fibres |
LCA Research |
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| Deep-tech Startup Ever Dye Raises €3.4M to Scale Dyeing Process that Uses 1/15x Less Energy |
Dyes & Chemicals |
Funding Round |
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| Current Structure for Recycling Textiles in EU Not Working, Finds EEA Study |
Textile Waste |
Europe Markets |
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| Breakthrough New Material Solves Problem of Wearable Sensors |
Innovation |
Fabric Sensors |
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| Fashion For Good Heads for North America with Project to Provide Snapshot of Textile Waste Composition |
Textile Waste |
US Sorting |
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| Apparel Impact Institute Opens Call for Applications for Solutions Portfolio to Deploy Grants from $250M Fashion Climate Fund |
Climate Action |
Solutions Portfolio |
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| The Latest from HKRITA is Acousweep: A Microplastic Fibre Separation System Using Sweeping Acoustic Waves |
Microfibre Pollution |
Solutions |
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| And Now Textile Energy Device to Power Flexible Electronics |
Innovation |
Wearable Tech |
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| Spring/Summer ‘24: Trend-setting Smart Textiles, Future Fabrics and New Technologies |
Event Report |
MFS SS'24 |
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| Archroma Launches FiberColors: A Technology that Transforms Textile Waste into Colours |
Innovation |
Dyes |
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| ICAC Releases Cotton Data Book 2022 |
Cotton Production |
Data Book 2022 |
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| Accelerating Circularity Launches Directory to Push Textile-to-Textile Recycling |
Going Circular |
Recycling Resources |
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| New Fabric Coating Could Drastically Reduce Microplastic Pollution from Washing Clothes |
Microfibre Pollution |
Innovation |
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| EU Launches Instagram-Driven #RefashionNow Campaign for Youngsters and Influencers to Reset Fast Fashion |
Fast Fashion |
ReSet the Trend |
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| Scalable and Sustainable Innovations are Not a Contradiction in Terms |
Event Roundup |
Heimtextil 2023 |
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| New Grading System Hopes to Divert 500 million kg of Clothes and other Fabric Items from Landfills |
Textile Waste |
Grading System |
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| Reducing the Environmental Impact of a Textile Dye House |
Best Practices |
Textile Manufacturing |
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| Bans or Fees Don't Work, Ending Fast Fashion Only Way to End Returns |
Return to Sender |
Fast Fashion |
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| Researcher Develops Smart Textile that Detects Fever in Infants |
Smart Textiles |
Infant Care |
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| Taiwan Industry Signs Agreement with Swatchbook on Digitising Operations |
Digitisation Drive |
Taiwan Move |
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| Crackdown’s Coming: EPA Announces Plans for Wastewater Regulations and Studies, Including Limits for PFAS |
Toxics Usage |
Tackling PFAS |
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| Slowdown in Europe and US: Indian Leather Industry to See 8% Revenue Drop |
Slowdown Effect |
Indian Leather |
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| School of Apparel and Retail Management Launched in Bangladesh |
Human Resources |
Bangladesh |
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| Pushing the Frontiers of Innovation: Crafts That Concern and Communicate |
Turn of Events |
MFS SS24 |
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| USDA Researchers Develop Naturally Fire-Resistant Cotton Lines |
Cotton Farming |
Innovation |
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| Pushing the Frontiers of Innovation: In the Name of Sustainability |
Turn of Events |
MFS SS24 |
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| Canadian Researchers Aim to Make Virus-Killing Clothing a Good Fit for Production Line |
Innovation |
ProtectiveWear |
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| Zero Waste Europe Outlines Four Criteria for Mapping Zero Waste Fashion Business Models |
Zero Waste |
Europe Models |
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| Section 301 Tariffs on China Added to Operational Costs of US Companies, Cost Burden Paid by American Families, Says Study |
Trade Wars |
301 Tariffs |
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| Clothing Reuse Has 1/70 Times Lower Environmental Impact, Reveals New Study |
Going Circular |
Clothing Reuse |
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| Pushing the Frontiers of Innovation: Diverse Weaves with Paper, Wood and Hair |
Turn of Events |
MFS SS24 |
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| Philosophy Hasn’t Changed at Munich Fabric Start; It Reinvents by the Season |
Turn of Events |
MFS SS24 |
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| FibreTrace Frees up Traceability Solution, but with Fine Print |
Traceability |
FibreTrace Mapped |
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| Garment Industry in Bangladesh Struggles to Contain Pollution |
Industrial Pollution |
Bangladesh |
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| Munich Fabric Start Set to Rock in Trends for Spring-Summer ‘24 |
Turn of Events |
MFS SS24 |
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| Analysis Finds Reason for Slow Progress on Environment: Shareholders Couldn't Care Less, Proposals Keep Getting Voted Down |
Corp Action |
Shareholders |
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| Human Designs Score Over AI-Generated Work, Concludes Korean Fashion Researcher |
Artificial Intelligence |
Designs |
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| Yes, Handwashing Clothes Reduces Microplastic Release Compared to Machine Washing |
Microfibre Pollution |
Washing |
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| 'Smart' Coating can be Precisely Applied to Make Fabric into Protective Gear |
Innovation |
Smart Coating |
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