Recycling

The European Parliament and Council have reached a provisional agreement on new measures to prevent and reduce waste from textiles across the EU. This provisional agreement will now have to be endorsed before undergoing legal linguistic revision and once formally adopted, member states will have up to 20 months to update their national laws to follow the new rules.

US researchers have come up with a method to decompose and recycle old polyester textiles to create an alternative to the carcinogenic fluorinated finishes, also known as ‘forever chemicals’.

Most environmental issues in the cotton industry are being discussed and addressed, but the question remains: is enough being done? Award-winning innovation and sustainability leader, Michela Puddu, touches on a diverse range of subjects, from the cotton production and recycling landscape to its huge and fragmented supply chain, the role of standards & certifications, traceability, impact of global climate change, water challenges, livelihoods and more.

Netherlands could soon stop discarding the millions of tonnes of wool thanks to a Dutch designer’s innovative robot.

Recover, Evlox and Jeanologia will showcase a recycled denim capsule collection that combines expertise from each of their specialist businesses to improve circularity in the denim industry from fibre to finish.

Finland's sustainable textile material company Spinnova and Swedish textile recycling leader Renewcell, in a first of its kind patented technology collaboration, are spinning textile waste-based fibre into new fibre without harmful chemicals, advancing circularity in the fashion industry.

A report—The State of Fashion & Textile Circularity in WA—provides research and recommendations that contribute to the achievement of SDG 12 that pertains to responsible consumption and production.

US apparel-fashion importers are increasingly diversifying their sourcing base following the deteriorating US-China bilateral relationship and there’s mounting concern at the uncertain macroeconomic outlook, according to the just-released Benchmarking Survey by the United States Fashion Industry Association.

Scientists at Cornell Unoversity in the US have developed a chemistry toolbox to clean up a formidable environmental foe: polyester textile waste. The concept has the potential to disrupt the textiles and apparel production business,

Producers would soon be held responsible for the full lifecycle of textile products, according to the new proposals to introduce mandatory and harmonised Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) schemes for textiles in all EU Member States.