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

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Recycling Textiles / ReSuit

12 February 2024

Getting innovative - Innovation plays a crucial role in transforming the fashion industry into a more sustainable one.

Danish Project Identifies 2 Methods for Recycling Polyester Waste

Textile-to-textile recycling of polyester as also complex clothing waste hitherto considered unsuitable for recycling could soon go mainstream.

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Snapshot / Recycling Crisis / I Feature

The textile recycling market is projected to grow, but investment remains concentrated in companies that can demonstrate material flow predictability

The Data Divide: How Traceability Gaps Are Crushing Textile Recycling Economics

Subir Ghosh

2 June 2025

Event Roundup / TRE 2025 Commentary

The inaugural edition of the Textiles Recycling Expo, held at Brussels Expo, a central and accessible venue for a topic so closely tied to European policy initiatives and industrial strategy, managed to gather a broad spectrum of participants, from textile brands and recycling technology providers to EU policymakers, NGOs, and governmental institutions.

Textiles Recycling Expo 2025 Sets the Tone for Europe’s Circular Textile Future

Sebastian Schmidt

11 June 2025

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Supply Chains / Risks & Resilience Report

A key theme that was apparent across numerous panels is that it is no longer acceptable to send a supplier manual and request an audit alone. Tailored risk assessments and mitigation strategies are required.

What Brands Must Learn from Suez, Stoll and Space: A New Supply Chain Reality

Samantha Taylor

13 June 2025

Leader Speak / Alison Ward Interview

Inside CottonConnect’s Push for Traceability and Sustainability in Global Cotton

Richa Bansal

12 June 2025

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Solutions / Recycling Crisis / V Interview

Cetia can sort the garments by composition and colour to obtain a homogeneous deposit for processing, and then run this deposit through its automated unravelling line. This line enables mechanical unravelling. Another approach is to consider “intelligent” dismantling to deconstruct a garment. It is currently developing an intelligent dismantling line to separate the various textile fabrics from elements such as buttons, zips, etc., so that each element can be recycled in its proper recycling route.

Inside Cetia’s Breakthroughs in Shoe Dismantling and Textile Sorting Technologies

Subir Ghosh

5 June 2025

Under Scanner / Nike Wage Theft Analysis

Without binding frameworks, supply chains will continue to operate on a model of plausible deniability and race-to-the-bottom pricing.

Nike's Unpaid Wages and Erosion of Corporate Credibility in Global Supply Chains

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8 May 2025

Young India Fashion Survey 2025