London, U.K.:UKFT and the University of Huddersfield have developed a new online short course designed for professionals working in the fashion and textile industry and its supply chains who aim to improve their sustainable practices.
A plan to develop the UK’s first wetsuit recycling facility is among eight new projects funded by Future Fibres Network Plus. The neoprene recycling project is one of the eight mini projects newly funded by the network.
A new entity, FFN+ or the Future Fibres Network Plus, comprising 5 universities in the UK, was launched Wednesday to support the decarbonisation of the fashion and textile industry.
Future Fibres Network+, a £1.6million forward-thinking project, aims to embed environmental sciences at the heart of the fashion and textiles sector, and steer the industry towards a new, low carbon future.