Japan's Teijin Frontier has announced that it has developed a new foreign material removal technology that eliminates both polyurethane (PU) elastomer fibre and dyes from discarded polyester apparel.

A year-long collaborative engagement, orchestrated by innovation platform Fashion for Good, will see three top brands coming together to prototype Kintra Fibers’ biodegradable polyester that promises reduction of fossil fuel-based synthetics and closer to the goal to be Climate Positive by 2025.

In a “revolutionary” innovation that claims to reduce pollution and limits use of virgin fossil resources to make new products, H&M in association with Illinois-based LanzaTech has dropped polyester garments created partly from “captured emissions.”

Functional healthcare wears just got a shot of audit and sustainability with the introduction of the Healthcare Textiles Processing Facility Certification Scheme for laundries that process them for reuse.

More than 50 contractors and manufacturers violate the Fair Labor Standards Act with employers illegally paying workers part or all their wages off the books, with payroll records either deliberately forged or not provided, according to a garment survey.

Fast fashion juggernaut Shein’s $55 million incubator programme in the US is set to add 500 more designers this year to its existing roster of 3000, pushing its aggressive plans for the region.

Online resale is the fastest-growing sector in the US with the secondhand market expected to grow 21% annually on average over the next 5 years, reaching $38 billion by 2027, says new research.

Munich Fabric Start has revised its dates to 18-20 July to bring the trade shows closer to the collection rhythms and offer more time for further developments, the organisers have announced.

Fashion for Good has launched a sustainable dyestuff library in a bid to accelerate the shift from harmful chemicals to more sustainable options.

The launch of the 'Reborn - China Fibre Zero Carbon Action 2023 — Sustainable Textiles Credible Platform' will now allow consumers in China to trace the process through the entire textiles and apparel industry chain from fibre to end-products.