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Beyond Cotton/Polyester / Agri-Waste Prospects

12 January 2024

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In North America, soybean, wheat, rice, sorghum, and sugarcane residues are widely available and most suitable for conventional conversion through various dissolving pulp production methods or by emerging cellulose fibrillation methods.

Optimisation of Technology and Processes Will Be Key to Harnessing Agri-Waste for Fashion, says Study

Researchers have concluded that in terms of emerging conversion technologies, optimisation also of processes will be critical to the success or failure of alternative feedstock sources for textiles.

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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
State of Recycling / Europe Status Report
The official press conference for the Textiles Recycling Expo turned out to be a vibrant discussion on the subjects of circularity, recycling and textile waste.

Textiles Recycling Expo Aims to Weave a New Future of Circularity

  • Special Correspondent

12 May 2025
 
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Cotton Crisis / Pakistan Status Analysis
The Pakistan Cotton Ginners Association (PCGA) and All-Pakistan Textile Mills Association (APTMA) have time and again warned that the current tax structure makes domestic cotton unviable, forcing mills to rely increasingly on cheaper imported alternatives. Industry insiders fear that during the crop year 2025–26, cotton ginning and textile sectors may operate at less than 50% of their total production capacity.

Pakistan's Cotton Sector Faces Imminent Collapse as Government Scrambles for Solutions

  • Special Correspondent

5 June 2025
Deforestation / Viscose Angle Report
A lone rainforest tree stump stands in a forestry concession held by PT Industrial Forest Plantation — logged to make way for a pulpwood monoculture plantation.

The Green Inferno: The Destructive Viscose Empire Behind Indonesia's Deforestation

  • Special Correspondent

4 June 2025
 
Young India Fashion Survey 2025