It ain't fashion, if it ain't sustainable

BASF

Toxic Fashion / PFAS Cover-Up

10 June 2023

5 minutes

The DuPont Washington Works plant which was responsible for air and water contamination in Parkersburg, West Virginia, US.

Enemies of the People: DuPont and 3M Knew of PFAS Dangers, But Covered It up for 40+ Years

A painstaking, exhaustive analysis of documents by University of California (UC) researchers has revealed that the chemicals industry used all nefarious tactics in the playbook to delay public awareness of PFAS toxicity and, in turn, delay regulations governing their use.

Subir Ghosh

Commentary

The Observer

Closing the Loop / T-Rex Project

27 October 2022

2 minutes

The recent ‘Sorting for Circularity Europe’ report indicates that 74% of low value, post-consumer textiles are readily available for fibre-to-fibre recycling in six European countries. This finding offers an immense opportunity to accelerate textile recycling, but still requires an integrated approach to deliver for scale.

New Consortium to Drive Closed-Loop Sorting, and Recycling of Household Textile Waste Across EU

A consortium of 12 major players from across the entire recycling value chain has launched a EU-funded project to create a circular system for post-consumer textile waste. The T-REX Project (Textile Recycling Excellence) will work to create a harmonised EU blueprint for closed-loop sorting, and recycling of household textile waste.