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Cotton Farming / Crop Nutrients

14 November 2022

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The trial looked at the breakdown process at different application rates, and assessed effects on soil nutrition, respiration/CO2 and microbial biomass. The trial was concluded at cotton harvest in May 2022, with initial results mentioned in the report, although it’s expected that the real benefits for cotton yield and long-term soil health may not be known for many years.

It’s Possible: Using Textile Waste as Nutrients for Cotton Crops

A project in the Queensland state of Australia is exploring the potential to turn old cotton clothing into nutrients for new cotton plants.

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Deforestation / Viscose Angle Report

A lone rainforest tree stump stands in a forestry concession held by PT Industrial Forest Plantation — logged to make way for a pulpwood monoculture plantation.

The Green Inferno: The Destructive Viscose Empire Behind Indonesia's Deforestation

Special Correspondent

4 June 2025

Solutions / Recycling Crisis / IV Interview

The Aware Tracer is a physical marker embedded into any type of raw material at the source. The Aware scanner is used to authenticate the sustainable material anywhere, anytime.

How Aware Is Reinventing Textile Traceability with Blockchain and Tracers

Subir Ghosh

5 June 2025

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Event Roundup / EU Green Week Report

This year’s theme at the EU Green Week from 3-5 June, ‘Circular Solutions for a Competitive EU’ – emphasised the 3 Cs: Clean, Competitive, and Circular.

EU Green Week 2025 Signals Shift from Circular Economy Policy to Action

Tom Vöege

9 June 2025

Luxury Fashion / Italian Accord Commentary

How Italy's Fashion Industry Will Tackle Worker Exploitation Through New Transparency Accord

Special Correspondent

6 June 2025

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Consumer Trends / Fast Fashion Analysis

There's an attitude–behaviour gap – the incongruence between what people say and what they actually do. This is a phenomenon noted across multiple generations. It underscores that consumer intentions are not reliable predictors of behaviour.

The Great Self-Contradiction: Gen Z Supports Sustainability – and Fuels Ultra-Fast Fashion

Marian Makkar
Amanda Spry

3 October 2024

Threadbare / Due Diligence 2022 / IV Report

A textile waste dump. The fashion industry expects drastic upending due to its resource intensity, environmental impacts such as GHG emissions, and poor ability to protect workers and foster prosperity for all. Circular principles are widely believed to have the potential to offer systemic resolve for these issues and several European level strategies are advancing on this topic.

Recycling for Circularity: Realities from Bangladesh

Richa Bansal

24 March 2022

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