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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...

Nike takes radical AirFlow global as cooling apparel moves into performance mainstream

Innovation
Nike’s latest ventilation platform shows how engineered knit structures are becoming a serious frontier in high-performance sports textiles. Nike is...

Jeanologia says denim circularity will depend on collaboration, not stand-alone technology

Denim
The next stage of sustainable denim will require mills, fibre recyclers, laundries, brands and data platforms to work from...

Cotton Incorporated uses ‘Plant Not Plastic’ campaign to push microplastics up the fibre agenda

Environment
Fibre composition is becoming a supply-chain issue; action must extend beyond a binary cotton-versus-synthetics message. Cotton Incorporated will run a...

Pakistan launches ATTI chapter to put textile decarbonisation on a national footing

Environment
The new platform can help align Pakistan’s apparel sector around common transition priorities—but delivery will depend on credible data,...

HKRITA, Jeanologia and Looptworks build a scale-up route for poly-cotton recycling

Environment
The partnership connects separation technology, machinery engineering and recycling operations—but commercial economics must now be demonstrated. HKRITA, Jeanologia and Looptworks...
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