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

Thuringian Institute for Textiles and Plastics

Going Circular / Recycling Blends

27 October 2022

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Polyester fabric made from recycled monomers.

German Startup RITTEC Begins Recycling Mixed Textiles that Contain Polyester

RITTEC Umwelttechnik GmbH, based in Lüneburg, Germany, has succeeded in recycling textiles containing polyester and creating new textiles from the material itself. A digital product passport is one of the highlights of the project.

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Global Sustainability Alliance 2025

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Snapshot / Recycling Crisis / I Feature

The textile recycling market is projected to grow, but investment remains concentrated in companies that can demonstrate material flow predictability

The Data Divide: How Traceability Gaps Are Crushing Textile Recycling Economics

Subir Ghosh

2 June 2025

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

9 June 2025

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Climate Action / Tersus Solutions Interview

The Tersus Solutions CO2 platform offers amazing capabilities – this is in large part due to the amazing nature of CO2. When pressurised, carbon dioxide (CO2) becomes a liquid (LCO2) and at even higher pressures become super-critical (scCO2).

Making Cleaner Textiles: Tersus Has a Closed-Loop Cleaning System

Subir Ghosh

20 February 2025

Fashion History / Style in my DNA Analysis

1948. Jamaicans on board the Empire Windrush.

Extracts: Style in my DNA — 70 Years of Caribbean Fashion

Special Correspondent

28 June 2022

Young India Fashion Survey 2025