Brands across spectrum are under fire. A research has now found that five popular tampon brands in the US — including two advertised as organic — have detectable levels of fluorine.

UK’s Textile Services Association (TSA) has called on the National Health Service (NHS) to change the guidance on maintaining workwear following a research that says that households face risk of cross-contamination from pathogens that health workers may bring home from work.

A consortium of 12 major players from across the entire recycling value chain has launched a EU-funded project to create a circular system for post-consumer textile waste. The T-REX Project (Textile Recycling Excellence) will work to create a harmonised EU blueprint for closed-loop sorting, and recycling of household textile waste.

The proposed PEFCR (Product Environmental Footprint Category Rules) for apparel and footwear will benefit brands the most, while manufacturers, particularly SMEs, will have to bear the burden. The fallacy has been pointed out in a EURATEX position paper, which also underlined that exisiting limitations can lead to misleading results. 

RITTEC Umwelttechnik GmbH, based in Lüneburg, Germany, has succeeded in recycling textiles containing polyester and creating new textiles from the material itself. A digital product passport is one of the highlights of the project.

Recover, a leading manufacturer of low-impact, high-quality recycled cotton fibre and cotton fibre blends, will be setting up Bangladesh's largest recycling plant in association with BEXIMCO.

The European Commission (EC) is set to outline the role it sees for product comparison rules based on the PEF-CR (Product Environmental Footprint Category Rules) in a legislative proposal on substantiating green claims, planned for release on 30 November. However, there are big loopholes in the process which can lead to misleading claims by the fashion industry.

The Big Daddies of sportswear have cut a sorry figure yet again as a Mexican consumer body has slammed them for being over-priced and lacking in quality.

Limited edition tartan t-shirts inspired by the University of Reading’s well-known ‘climate stripes’ graphic have been launched to support climate change research.

Shopping and purchasing trends among global fashion consumers are set to move sharply towards favouring more sustainable practices in the coming years, creating important new opportunities as well as challenges for fashion brands. New research by Bain & Company and the WWF Italy also finds there are five types of global fashion consumers who will be determining the course of things.