Denmark

Does Denmark’s tax on livestock carbon emissions, to run effective from 2030, make scientific sense? Will it help the environmental, human health or farming livelihoods? Will the move impact the leather industry outside of Denmark? texfash probes.

Robots at a Danish company sort textile waste based on material composition and colour identification using near-infrared (NIR) sensors and cameras, a part of which is then converted into recycled fibres and yarns suitable for production of new garments.

As fast fashion and necessarily overproduction and overconsumption of clothes continues, fashion brands are going all out to woo the mindful consumer (read, women mostly), increasingly employing “woke” marketing tactics that illustrate a political and social awareness around race, LGBTQ+, feminism and the environment.

Sweden. France and Denmark have issued a call for new global rules for exporting textile waste under the Basel Convention, in the backdrop of EU's exports of used textiles tripling in the last 20 years to countries in Africa and Asia who do not have the capacity to ensure proper waste management.

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

The ever-growing textile industry has a few recycling options for waste fabrics to keep end-of-use clothing articles within the value chain. Experiments showcase a new technology that can separate fibres in mixed fabrics.

Reducing carbon emissions and developing environment-friendly paths to fertilizer production are increasingly urgent challenges facing our world. But, the ability to discover and quickly scale solutions will require innovative partnerships across public and private sectors. A new interdisciplinary research collaboration will be working towards new solutions.

In a critical step towards circularity, Danish fashion retailer will begin to trace fibres in garments — from raw material to end product.