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

Renewcell

Renewcell Saga / Investments

4 June 2024

2 minutes

The patented process to produce Circulose pulp from 100% textile waste is unique and has the potential to make the textile and fashion industry circular and enable a shift to a low-carbon economy.

Investment Firm Altor Acquires Remaining Assets as Renewcell is Rechristened Circulose

The Circulose pulp has got a fresh lease of life with Swedish investment firm acquiring the remaining assets of Renewcell. Circulose pulp, the innovative solution for textile-to-textile circularity, will remain at the forefront to create a sustainable future for the fashion and textiles industry.

Staff Writer

Renewcell Saga / Pilot Plant

16 May 2024

2 minutes

Biosorbe’s journey began at Kungliga Tekniska Högskolan in Stockholm, in the section for polymer technology. Since then, the company has expanded and is now established in Sunne and Kristinehamn.

Renewcell Sells Kristinehamn Pilot Plant to Non-Textile Player Biosorbe

Renewcell, the bankrupt textile-to-textile recycling company, has sold its Kristinehamn pilot plant to Swedish bio-based innovator Biosorbe which produces oil-absorption materials.

Staff Writer

Event Report / Pulp & Beyond 2024

15 April 2024

6 minutes

Pulp & Beyond gathered 8000 visitors at the Helsinki Expo and Convention Centre. On show at the exhibition was Metsä Spring’s Kuura fibre made from locally sourced softwood pulp at their bioproducts mill in Central Finland.

Out of the Woods: Nordic Countries Take the Lead with a Range of Innovative Fibres

There is a very interesting overlap between the traditional wood pulp industry and new innovative textile fibres, especially manmade cellulosic innovations coming out of the Nordics. These innovative fibres could well change the fashion business. A first hand account of the just-concluded Pulp & Beyond 2024 event in Helsinki.

Anna Garton

Report

Renewcell Saga / Looking Ahead

4 April 2024

4 minutes

The Renewcell plan was to recycle the equivalent of more than 1,4 billion t-shirts every year by 2030.

It Takes Time to Meet Expectations of Market to Have the Systemic Change Needed

A start-up with a meteoric rise almost and a sudden burn out, bankruptcy-hit Renewcell, now awaits investments to put it back on track. texfash.com talks to its Chief Commercial Officer Tricia Carey to know more.

Richa Bansal

Interview

Cotton Markets / Liverpool Cotton Brokers

28 March 2024

7 minutes

For a long time, the retail sector was under the impression that organic cotton would be their answer to sustainable sourcing but there are many reasons why organic will never reach scale and still only 1% of world cotton production is organic.

There Is an Information Block Between the Retail and Agricultural Ends of the Supply Chain

All things cotton and the global market scenario from regenerative to organic, the urgent imperative to go sustainable and more is what Ben Eaves, Director of Liverpool Cotton Brokers Ltd, discusses in this freewheeling tete-a-tete with texfash.com.

Subir Ghosh

Interview

State of Recycling / Renewcell Saga

27 February 2024

6 minutes

The Renewcell 1 plant in winter. When a recycling pioneer decides to file for bankruptcy, it distinctly indicates that the stated circularity claims, promises and ambitions of industry are only hot air.

Nails in Renewcell Coffin Were Hammered in by a Callous and Lethargic Global Fashion Industry

Swedish textile recycling pioneer Renewcell has decided to file for bankruptcy. The reason for the company going bust has nothing to do with either its product or facilities, but a global fashion industry that is still unwilling to increase its uptake of recycled fibres.

Subir Ghosh

Analysis

The Observer

PRESS RELEASE / Announcement

22 February 2024

3 minutes

The newest cohort consists of suppliers with vertical operations (10), yarn spinners (16), garment manufacturers (4) as well as denim and home textile mills.

Renewcell’s Circulose Supplier Network increases to 151 partners with a focus on regional hubs

Stockholm, Sweden: Renewcell, the Swedish textile-to-textile recycler, welcomes 35 new members to the Circulose Supplier Network (CSN), now totaling 151 spinners, weavers, textile mills, garment manufacturers, and more. The newest cohort consists of suppliers with vertical operations (10), yarn spinners (16), garment manufacturers (4) as well as...

Fashion Systems / Disruptions

4 December 2023

9 minutes

Fashion companies are stepping up on their sustainability targets. While a host of brands have announced their commitments to achieve net zero by 2050 with many initiatives and coalitions having been launched over the last few years to rally the industry towards positive change, a lot more needs to be done to tackle the multitude of different challenges posed by the industry.

Why Fashion Needs to Invest Differently If It Wants to Achieve Its Ambitious Targets

A meaningful transition to a circular model has not quite materialised. While almost half of assessed companies have at least one circular fashion programme in place, only 31% have publicly committed to any aspect of the circularity business model. Even fewer are tracking on how much materials from those programmes are actually removed from the waste stream.

Karen Sim

Analysis

PRESS RELEASE / Launch

17 October 2023

2 minutes

Gracell x Circulose is made with a 50% blend of Circulose pulp by fiber producer Grace. The Advance Denim collection is the first to use this high-Circulose content viscose fiber.

Advance Denim to Launch First Denim Collection Made with Gracell x Circulose

Stockholm, Sweden: Advance Denim, Grace, and Circulose have joined forces to accelerate textile circularity within the denim industry. The collaboration marks a significant milestone as Advance Denim is the first to launch a denim collection featuring Gracell x Circulose viscose made with a 50% blend of Circulose pulp. Premiering at Kingpins...

Going Circular / Collaboration

13 September 2023

2 minutes

Spinnova filament. The first batches of Spinnova fibre made with 100% Circulose have been produced for yarn and fabric development.

Textile Circularity Finds New Hope with Circulose-Based Spinnova Fibre

Finland's sustainable textile material company Spinnova and Swedish textile recycling leader Renewcell, in a first of its kind patented technology collaboration, are spinning textile waste-based fibre into new fibre without harmful chemicals, advancing circularity in the fashion industry.

Special Correspondent