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Natural Fibres / Wool City

1 November 2023

 5 minutes
Given the significant portion of the Earth’s surface dedicated to producing food and fibre and the livelihoods, culture, traditions, and communities bound up in farming, herding and land stewardship, there is so much value that gets overlooked, beyond the product, in living on and off the land.

Towards Nature Positive: How Italy's 'Wool City' can Inspire a Natural Fibre Revolution

Biella, located in the northern Italian region of Piedmont, is home to Italy’s wool textile industry. This traditional and iconic city now hosts the annual Natural Fibres Connect conference, from where texfash.com gets this report.

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  • Liesl Truscott
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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 Voege

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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
 
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Leader Speak / Alison Ward Interview
Sustainability in cotton supply chains is not just about reducing harm — it's about creating positive outcomes for people and planet. From empowering farmers and transforming processing, to ensuring brand accountability and consumer education, every stage must evolve in tandem.

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

  • Richa Bansal

12 June 2025
Tariff Impact / Fast Fashion Commentary
Much of Shein’s production takes place in the so-called “Shein village” in Guangzhou, China, where workers often sew for 12–14 hours a day under poor conditions to keep pace with the demand for new items.

Shein, Temu and the Tariff Fallout: Why Australia Became Fast Fashion's New Frontier

  • Mona Mashhadi Rajabi
  • Lisa Lake
  • Martina Linnenluecke
  • Yun Shen

12 June 2025
 
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Circularity Narratives / Yee Chain International Interview
Unified standards, greater efficiency, and reduced fragmentation could be the shared goal of the future for the industry. However, achieving this would be incredibly challenging; hence tailoring solutions to specific contexts while ensuring coherence and interoperability across different regions is the way forward.

Falling into the Blame Game Is Counter-Productive for all in the Value Chain

  • Subir Ghosh

16 April 2025
Fossil Fuel Fashion / Addiction Commentary
Without systemic change, fast fashion’s quest for cheap clothing will create untenable volumes of waste, toxic microfibres and emit more carbon than the planet can handle.

Effective Legislative Solutions Needed to Put Fashion Industry on a More Sustainable Track

  • Urska Trunk

20 December 2022
 
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