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Katherine V Gough

Professor of Human Geography Loughborough University
Katherine V Gough

Katherine V Gough is Professor of Human Geography at Loughborough University.

 
 
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Recycling Crisis / Tshirt Study Report
The environmental cost of a cotton t-shirt is set long before it reaches a shop floor, determined by cultivation, water use and the inefficiencies of industrial fibre processing.

Why Bangladesh Loses More Cotton Than Norway's Best Recycling System Can Ever Recover

  • Special Correspondent

28 May 2026
Cotton Farming / Origin Story Report
The coastal scrublands of northwestern Yucatán harbour wild cotton plants whose DNA contains the most complete record of the crop's domestication history anywhere on earth.

Cotton Story: The Crop That Fuelled Empires and Slavery Finally Reveals Where It Started

  • Subir Ghosh

22 May 2026
 
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Waste Crisis / Seconds Markets Analysis
Long-term relationships between sorters and importers function as informal quality governance systems where reputation and repeated transactions replace formal certification across international borders.

Affordable Clothing for Millions Hangs on a Regulatory Debate Built Without Evidence

  • Subir Ghosh

9 June 2026
Fabric Dyeing / Nwe Techs Commentary
Growing concern over freshwater use is encouraging closer examination of processes traditionally accepted as unavoidable components of large-scale textile production systems.

End of Invisible Dyeing Costs: Compliance Demands Are Redefining the Economics of Textile Production

  • Alok Goel
  • Rohini Swamy

5 June 2026
 
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Solutions / Recycling Crisis / V Interview
Cetia can sort the garments by composition and colour to obtain a homogeneous deposit for processing, and then run this deposit through its automated unravelling line. This line enables mechanical unravelling. Another approach is to consider “intelligent” dismantling to deconstruct a garment. It is currently developing an intelligent dismantling line to separate the various textile fabrics from elements such as buttons, zips, etc., so that each element can be recycled in its proper recycling route.

Inside Cetia’s Breakthroughs in Shoe Dismantling and Textile Sorting Technologies

  • Subir Ghosh

5 June 2025
Sportswear Waste / Football and More Interview
The football sector is a huge contributor to textile waste—approximately 2.45 million Liverpool and 1.95 million Manchester United sports shirts were sold worldwide in 2021 alone.

Sportswear: The Oft-Overlooked Mega Contributor to Fashion Waste

  • Subir Ghosh

17 January 2024