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Carbios clears textile licensing milestone with 100th PET recycling batch

Fibres
The demonstration-scale results move Carbios closer to licensing enzymatic fibre-to-fibre recycling for complex polyester waste, but commercial economics and...

Syntetica raises $30 million to industrialise mixed-nylon recycling

Environment
Backing from Lululemon, MAS Holdings and public investors will fund a French demonstration plant designed to recover virgin-quality Nylon...

H&M launches first denim using TENCEL–Circ recycled textile pulp

Fibres
The two-style men’s collection connects polycotton recycling, regenerated cellulosic fibre production and Pakistani denim manufacturing in a mass-market retail...

Rieter-led venture plans franchise network for industrial textile recycling

Spinning
Recycling Powerhouse will combine automated sorting, fabric preparation, tearing, spinning and traceability in standardised plants, with its first reference...

EU backs €5 million ALADIN project for local, circular garment production

Environment
The four-year initiative will connect microfactories, digital services and recyclable materials to test whether Europe can produce garments locally...

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...

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...

Upcycled fashion market heads for $22bn as circularity moves from niche to commercial strategy

Environment
The upcycling opportunity is growing, but scale will depend on reliable waste supply, sorting systems, design capability and consumer...

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...

Textile circularity cannot be exported without proof

Environment
Used-clothing trade can support reuse and livelihoods, but circularity fails when poor-quality textiles are shifted to countries without the...

Uster Technologies to showcase recycling solutions at Textiles Recycling Expo 2026

Recycling
Brussels, Belgium – Uster Technologies has announced its participation in the Textiles Recycling Expo 2026, inviting industry professionals to...

Textile waste moves from compliance problem to raw-material strategy

Environment
New circularity rules are pushing brands, recyclers and fiber producers to build the systems needed for textile-to-textile recycling at...

Indorama Ventures pushes traceable recycled polyester at Brussels textiles recycling expo

Environment
The company’s message is practical: textile circularity will not scale through ambition alone, but through qualified material sources, verified...

Recycled fibers: the vital data for quality and profitability as Uster’s new recycling opening index guides spinners to the perfect blend

Recycling
Switzerland, 9th of June 2026 – Uster AFIS 6 now offers the key data for better decisions when...

California textile EPR deadline forces brands to register by July 1

Recycling
The first U.S. textile EPR law is moving from policy signal to compliance obligation, with apparel and home-textile producers...

Nike’s 2026 world cup kits expose the hard limits of circular polyester

Environment
The uniforms are a technical milestone for textile-to-textile recycling, but they also show why circular fashion cannot be solved...

Post-Consumer textile recycling still faces its hardest bottleneck: sorting

Recycling
At Textiles Recycling Expo USA, industry speakers warned that textile-to-textile recycling cannot scale until collection, sorting standards and downstream...

trinamiX expands mobile NIR for textile and footwear recycling

Environment
The new application enables on-site identification of textile blends and shoe components, giving manufacturers and recyclers faster material data...

Fashion Pact and Fashion for Good launch collective to scale textile-to-textile fibres

Fibres
The Circular Fibre Collective aims to turn scattered brand commitments into coordinated demand, financing and practical adoption tools for...

India’s textile waste market could reach $3.5 Billion by 2030

Sustainability
New government-backed mapping shows India already recovers most textile waste, but future growth depends on formal recycling infrastructure, cluster-level...
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