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

European Outdoor Group

Climate Action / Investments

10 May 2024

2 minutes

Act Renewable was established as a joint venture between renewable energy developer BayWa r.e. and the environmental consulting firm RESET Carbon in June 2018.

Working Together Better than Individual Efforts: European Outdoor Group to Invest in Renewable Project

A fund dedicated to supporting decarbonisation projects and climate change mitigation actions in outdoor industry supply chains will assist Taiwan in an ambitious renewable energy project.

Staff Writer

Microfibre Pollution / Fragmentation Test

6 November 2023

2 minutes

Over 40 delegates to the Textile Exchange conference embarked on a field trip to King's College London, where they were shown the TMC Test Method in action by PhD student Alice Hazlehurst. The TMC Test Method utilises James Heal’s Gyrowash to assist in measuring microfibres released from simulated domestic laundering.

First Public Demonstration of Fibre Fragmentation Test Held in UK

The Microfibre Consortium (TMC) along with specialist test instrument manufacturer James Heal conducted the first public demonstration of a test method for fibre fragmentation from fabric.

Staff Writer

Microfibre Pollution / UK Laundering

8 February 2023

2 minutes

The researchers estimated that annual microfibre release from the UK's washing was between 6,860 and 17,847 tonnes. That's the equivalent of around 600-1,500 double-decker buses.

Laundry Washing in UK Releases 17,847 tonnes of Microfibres Every Year

Researchers have found that the annual release of 6,860–17,847 tonnes of microfibre from UK's washing is a relatively small problem in comparison to the fashion industry's waste problem, with 365,000 tonnes of clothing going to landfill every year.