| Aalto Researchers Develop Reactive Fabrics that Respond to Changes in Temperature |
Textile Innovation |
Smart Fabrics |
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| OCA Sees 235% Increase in Participating Farmers in India, €4 million Paid in Farmer Premiums |
Going Organic |
Farmer Participation |
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| European Initiative Launched to Support SMEs in Transforming Textile Waste into Value |
Textile Waste |
SME Support |
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| EU Project Network ECOSYSTEX Launched to Accelerate Collaboration in Textile Sustainability |
Collaborations |
ECOSYSTEX |
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| City Limits: Manchester Forms Taskforce to Reduce Environmental Impacts of Fashion and Textile Waste |
City Ecosystems |
Greater Manchester |
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| Study Identifies Sorters and Recyclers in Europe; Finds Many Challenges; Predicts a Thriving Industry Ahead |
Textile Recycling |
Europe Prospects |
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| EU Nations Dump 37 million tonnes of Junk Plastic Clothing in Kenya… Every Year! |
SecondHand |
Ground Truth |
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| US Researchers to Explore Sustainable Alternatives to Synthetic Textiles Used in Fast Fashion |
Synthetic Fashion |
Alternatives |
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| Wage Gap Widens in Fashion Industry, GHG Emissions Also on Rise |
Human Resources |
Wage Gap |
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| Researchers Identify 4 Electrification Pathways to Lower CO2 Footprint of Textiles Industry |
GHG Emissions |
Power Consumption |
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| Haelixa and Woolmark Launch Project to Trace Origin of Wool with Vitale Barberis Canonico |
Tracing Wool |
New Partnership |
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| Investments in NextGen Materials Almost Halved in 2022, Finds Industry Report |
Nex-Gen Materials |
2022 Overview |
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| Recycling Partnership: Lenzing, Södra to Develop Textiles; Riopele to Make Fabrics; Filippa K to Create New Collection |
Going Circular |
Partnership |
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| H&M Expands Horizons, Gets into Sorting and Collecting Used and Unwanted Textiles and Apparel |
Textile Waste |
Garment Sorting |
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| Pangaia Launches Denim Jacket Made Entirely from Textile Waste |
Going Circular |
Product Launch |
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| H&M, Inditex, Fast Retailing, Amazon, Carrefour, Walmart: All Accused of Hiding Climate Inaction |
Climate Action |
Corporate Responsibility |
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| VF Foundation Announces $8.3 million Grants for 60 Equitable and Sustainable Future Projects |
Granted |
Climate Fund |
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| SCI Issues Call for Convergence and Compatibility on Standards |
Audit Fatigue |
Industry Standards |
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| Measuring Circularity — What Does it Mean in Practical Terms? |
Going Circular |
Ideas for Future |
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| Sole of the Matter: It’s All Cork |
Footwear Innovation |
Primal |
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| Both Technological Innovations and Consumer Demand Will Be Key |
Science Speak |
Trends & Future |
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| Textiles and Clothing Get More Functional: Industry Readies to Drive on Performance and Innovation |
Functional Textiles |
FTC 2023 |
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| Joann and Singer Launch Digital Pattern Projection, the First Disruptive Sewing Technology in 160 Years |
Sewing Tech |
Ditto Platform |
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| AAFA Joins the Bandwagon: Adds PFAS to Restricted Substance List |
Toxic Fashion |
Footwear PFAS |
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| International Conference on Functional Clothing and Textiles Gets Under Way Tomorrow |
Curtain-Raiser |
FTC 2023 |
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| 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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