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

Waste

PRESS RELEASE / Announcement

9 June 2022

4 minutes

Dry waste collection center in Bengaluru

Recycled plastic collected by waste pickers now featured on garments sold worldwide

BENGALURU, India: Together with an ecosystem of partners the non-profit H&M Foundation launched a first of its kind USD 11 million initiative in 2020, to address the gaps in the system that keep Bengaluru waste pickers in poverty and exclusion. Now, plastic waste collected by informal waste pickers is becoming a valued resource in the fashion and...

Textile Strategy / Announcement

30 March 2022

2 minutes

Frans Timmermans, Executive Vice-President of the European Commission in charge of the European Green Deal, and Commissioner for Climate Action Policy, addressing a press conference on sustainable products on 30 March 2022.

EU launches far-reaching strategy to crack down on fast fashion and textile waste

The much-awaited 'EU strategy for sustainable and circular textiles' has been announced. It has a broad vision, wants to clamp down on fast fashion and textile waste, and is insistent on action through a slew of measures and a host of guidelines.

Special Correspondent

Report

PRESS RELEASE / Announcement

30 March 2022

2 minutes

All E*Retrace® yarns have embedded the power of FIBRETRACE technology that makes them fully traceable, meaning that the entire production process will be completely transparent from yarn to final product.

Impetus Group on the Road to Zero Waste

IMPETUS group has joined Belba LLoréns to produce recycled and 100% traceable yarns from the company's own industrial waste, promoting circularity in the textile industry and helping to reduce environmental impact on the planet.

Based on environmental concern, Impetus is constantly investing in new technologies and innovative materials. For now...

Threadbare / Due Diligence 2022 / III

23 March 2022

7 minutes

Recycling textile waste is a USD4.5 billion opportunity across six major textile manufacturing markets--Bangladesh, Vietnam, Turkey, India, Malaysia and Indonesia.

Due Diligence Partnerships Can Work Wonders for Circularity

The Circular Fashion Partnership (CFP) project that took place in Bangladesh from October 2020 to December 2021 presents a compelling business case to scale domestic textile recycling, with demand for recycled materials from global brands and to secure consistent access to high quality traceable post-industrial feedstock from local manufacturers.