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The European Commission's Joint Research Centre (JRC) provides independent, evidence-based science and knowledge, supporting EU policies to positively impact society. The EU Science Hub is the main website of the JRC.

 
 
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Growth Prospects / Ethiopia Resurgent / IV Interview
Ethiopia’s textile workforce is expanding, supported by new training programmes designed to enhance productivity and quality standards across factories.

Building Skills, Compliance, and Confidence in Ethiopia’s Growing Textile Industry

  • Subir Ghosh

29 October 2025
Ghana View / Politics of Waste / IV Interview
Ghana’s used clothing traders argue that UNEP’s evolving definition of textile waste overlooks the realities of existing circular economies, threatening livelihoods and distorting how reuse markets are understood globally.

UNEP Textile Waste Definitions Risk Overlooking Ghana’s Role in Circular Economy

  • Subir Ghosh

13 November 2025
 
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Cotton Production / Market India Interview
The rise in imports reflects short-term domestic supply constraints and competitive global prices, particularly for higher staple-length cotton.

‘MSP Isn’t Distorting Prices’: CCI Head on Imports, Yields, and the Road to Cotton Stability

  • Richa Bansal

28 November 2025
Climate Action / Marine Litter Feature
Plastic pollution kills over 1 million marine animals every year. The Seaqual transformation process reduces:37% CO2 emissions, 34% water consumption, and 40% energy use even as it empowers communities with better incomes and safer working conditions.

Why Collecting Ocean Waste Required Building Factories, Not Just Funding Beach Cleanups

  • Special Correspondent

24 November 2025
 
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Event Roundup / FTSC 2025 Report
The International Conference on Fashion as a Tool for Social Change explored how fashion systems can move beyond extraction towards models that prioritise human relationships, epistemic justice and equitable value creation across global supply chains.

Participatory Design and Ethical Labour Dominate Discourse at FTSC 2025 Gathering

  • Special Correspondent

17 November 2025
Biomaterials / AMSilk Interview
Spider silk claims higher purity and strength compared to traditional mulberry spinner silk. AMSilk views its products as a new class of materials previously unimaginable, providing innovative, sustainable, and smart performing solutions.

Focus for Bio-industries is How to Scale Up, Commercialise Innovations and Get Funding

  • Richa Bansal

8 August 2022
 
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Innovation / Composite Fabric
A biodegradable nanofibre fabric engineered to keep the body cooler under intense sunlight.

A Breakthrough Cooling Fabric Designed to Beat Extreme Heat

  • Staff Writer

26 November 2025
Research / Waterproof Coating
Along with fibres made from wood, the fungus produced a layer that blocks water, oil and grease absorption, and this impervious film could be used as an alternative to single-use plastic wrap and paper cup coatings.

New Waterproof Coating on Sustainable, Biodegradable Materials Could Reduce Use of Single-Use Plastics

  • Staff Writer

25 November 2025