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Going Circular / Product Range

13 April 2023

4 minutes

From fibre composition to enhanced durability and recyclability, each piece has been designed to support Primark’s ambition to move towards a more circular future. This collection is the first for Primark, with more planned for later in the year.

Retail Bigwig Primark Launches First Circular Product Collection

‘Affordable’ retailer Primark is inching closer to its ambitious move towards a more circular future with the launch of its first ever collection that promises enhanced durability and recyclability.

Staff Writer

Going Circular / Circuléire

29 November 2022

2 minutes

A still from a fashion show in Dublin, Ireland. Circuléire's Circular Fashion & Textiles Good Practice Sectoral Guide provides industry stakeholders with an overview of industry-led circular innovations that are shaping the fashion and textiles sector domestically and in other parts of the world.

Ireland to Extend Circularity Project, Grants Another €1.5million

Ireland’s Circuléire initiative that aims to assist manufacturers and their supply chains to switch from linear to circular business models, has been extended with additional funding of €1.5million.

Staff Writer

Branding / County Line

17 August 2022

2 minutes

In partnership with O’Neill’s leisurewear, the Donegal County Council has launched a range of clothing, available in participating retailers across the county in Ireland.

Irish County Makes Branding Fashionable, Launches Own Clothing Line

Tourism and fashion come together in the Irish county of Donegal as it launches a clothing range with a sportswear major to tom-tom its rich heritage and strong diaspora connections.

Staff Writer

Sustainable Cotton / Primark

6 May 2022

3 minutes

Primark is working to make more sustainable fashion affordable for everyone and is focused on giving clothing a longer life, protecting life on the planet and improving the lives of people who make Primark products. As part of this it has unveiled a series of commitments it is working to achieve by 2030. These include making all its clothes from recycled or more sustainably sourced materials, ensuring clothing is recyclable by design, halving carbon emissions across the value chain, removing single-use plas

Primark Announces Major Expansion: To Train 27500 Cotton Farmers by 2030

Primark's Sustainable Cotton Programme trains farmers on using fewer chemical pesticides and fertilisers and less water, thus lowering input costs and improving profits for farmers. The retailer has now announced that it will train an additional 125,000 smallholder cotton farmers in more sustainable farming methods in India, Pakistan and Bangladesh by the end of 2023.