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Archroma wins ICIS innovation award for sulfur dyes made from wool waste

Chemicals
FiberColors replaces part of conventional petroleum-derived dye feedstock with discarded wool while retaining the performance and processing routes required...

RE&UP’s Next-Gen Cotton fibers power Zalando t-shirt collection crafted from recycled textiles

Cotton
RE&UP Recycling Technologies’ Next-Gen Cotton powers a new collection from Zalando’s private labels, marking a step forward in bringing...

Taiwan consortium develops 99.5%-pure polyester recycling route for complex footwear waste

Recycling
The award-winning process tackles polyurethane and elastane contamination while supporting a wider shift toward mono-material polyester footwear designed for...

UKFT sustainability conference spotlights seaweed fibres, PFAS-free finishes and physical traceability

Environment
The 2026 innovation programme shows where textile sustainability is moving next: bio-based stretch, agricultural-waste fibres, safer chemistry and technologies...

OEKO-TEX says traceability is shifting from competitive advantage to market-access requirement

Environment
Its 2025/26 annual report shows rapid growth in traceable organic cotton and product labelling as regulation increasingly demands verifiable...

Bangladesh makes plastic EPR mandatory with 15% collection target

Sustainability
New rules shift responsibility for post-consumer plastic to producers, importers and brand owners, introducing collection, recycling, reporting and plastic-credit...

UK-backed project to turn Pakistan’s crop waste into bio-coal for textile mills

Environment
The £1.25 million SAFER PLUS project will build a commercial-scale demonstration plant in South Punjab capable of converting 5,000...

EU packaging rules trigger compliance concerns across textile and apparel sector

Environment
The PPWR now applies across the EU, bringing new manufacturer, documentation and registration obligations for everything from cartons and...

California textile EPR deadline passes as landbell urges late producers to register

Environment
Brands selling apparel and household textiles into California are already inside the compliance window, even though the statewide collection...

bluesign tightens PFAS controls with new 25 ppb individual limit

Environment
The 2026 chemical lists broaden PFAS coverage and update testing methods, raising the evidence burden for mills, chemical suppliers...

Sustainability becomes a management tool at the CHT Group

Sustainability
The 2025 Sustainability Report documents measurable progress in climate protection, transparency, and social responsibility In fiscal year 2025, the CHT...

Natural-Fibre Coalition presses EU to broaden textile ecodesign metrics

Environment
Make the Label Count warns that an excessive focus on recycled content and recyclability could unintentionally favour synthetics over...

Harvard engineers turn weft knits into shape-switching textile metamaterials

Innovation
Standard industrial knitting can create fabrics that mechanically “snap” between stable forms, opening routes to soft switches, movement sensors...

Biomimicry pilots put decomposition back into fashion’s circularity strategy

Innovation
Three projects in Ghana, Germany and the Netherlands argue that recycling alone cannot manage fashion’s most contaminated, blended and...

WGSN and Sorona identify three bio-based textile trends shaping 2027

Innovation
Bio-based content alone will not secure orders: brands will increasingly expect climate-responsive performance, sensory comfort and verifiable material claims. Bio-based...

California textile EPR deadline passes as SB 707 moves toward 2031 rollout

Environment
The immediate obligation is producer registration, but the larger challenge is building the product data needed for future fees,...

Chinese researchers develop living fungal textile that repairs itself

Innovation
The Cordyceps-based material can regenerate after damage, clean its surface and biodegrade within 41 days, although durability, safety and...

Teijin develops thermosetting carbon fiber-reinforced plastic: combining self-healing functionality with recyclability

Composites
Tokyo, July 21, 2026: Teijin Limited announced today that it has developed a thermosetting, long carbon fiber-reinforced plastic (CFRP) that...

EU unsold-goods ban could expand luxury deadstock market

Recycling
Restrictions on destroying unsold fashion may accelerate resale, upcycling and small-batch production, but the rules do not directly prohibit...

NIST test material could make textile sorting more reliable for recycling

Testing
A new fibre-identification benchmark may help circular-textile systems move from manual judgement to comparable, AI-enabled sorting. The US National Institute...
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