Eastman collaborates with Debrand to recycle apparel waste from top brands
Eastman, a specialty materials company and producer of Naiaâ„¢ cellulosic fibers, has formed a strategic collaboration with Debrand, a...
Chinese textile sector unveils life cycle assessment tool
The Chinese textile and garment industry launched a textile life cycle assessment tool named the LCAplus platform at the...
Alliance of Chemical Textile Recycling publishes dictionary
A dictionary has been published by the US textile-to-textile recycling non-profit Accelerating Circularity which has listed common textile chemical...
Restricting PFAS chemicals in recycled textiles demanded
Researchers in Italy have called for a longer time scale for the introduction of rules restricting the allowed levels...
Accelerating Circularity launches the Alliance of Chemical Textile Recycling (ACTR)
The mission of Accelerating Circularity is to create new supply chains and business models to turn textile waste into...
Ikea recycles mattresses to discourage incinerating across Europe
Ikea store owner Ingka Investments plans to extend its mattress recycling throughout Europe, subject to an understanding with the...
Bangladesh has vast potential to export recycled apparel
Bangladesh produces 400000 tons of recycled yarn and fabric locally which is enough to produce garments worth $6 billion...
Turning waste into value; Scaling textile recycling in Europe
EURATEX has signed before the notary the act launching ReHubs Europe, a new international non-profit association set to bring...
130 global recycling companies demand QR codes in textile labelling
Digital technology solutions—such as QR code labels—would reduce labeling waste and eliminate at least 343,000 MT of emissions from...
Renewcell gets Recycled Claim Standard (RCS) version 2.0 for its facility in Ortviken
Swedish pulpmaker Renewcell, the producer behind Circulose, a dissolving cellulose pulp made from 100% textile waste, has obtained Recycled...
BB Engineering presents novelties and records new order intakes
For the first time, BB Engineering (Germany) was an official subexhibitor of its parent company Oerlikon at ITMA Milan...
Ten year plan to tackle plastic pollution in Pakistan
The federal government has unveiled a comprehensive 10-year strategy to tackle plastic pollution. Spearheaded by the climate change ministry,...
Recycling cannot eliminate plastic pollution
As the second meeting on a possible international treaty on plastic pollution takes place this week Experts are skeptical...
TAF launches Regel Fiber with 75 percent recycled acrylic content
Thai Acrylic Fibre which is part of Aditya Birla Group, has launched a new variant of Regel fiber containing...
Unused clothes creating clothing mountain in Chilean desert
Fast fashion's market size is expected to grow to $122.9 billion in 2023, up from $106.4 billion in 2022,...
UK plastic meant for recycling dumped in poorer countries by Dutch traders
Letter from more than 80 green groups calls for a total ban on exporting waste, much of which ends...
Cooperation of DiloGroup with Dell’Orco & Villani and TechnoPlants
With regard to current and imminent requirements to strengthen and promote the recycling of garment waste in order to...
Enzymes possibly could solve plastic crisis
Mismanaging waste is one of the primary sources of plastic in the ocean. Bacteria living there contained enzymes with...
ITA at the ITMA: Smart Circular Economy – Digital, sustainable, individual
"ITA Aachen and ITA Augsburg are part of the ITA Group International Centre for Sustainable Textiles. Experience our textile...
EU seeks to tackle counter fashion through tougher rules
As businesses for fast fashion are rapidly increasing, Europe seeks to tackle the overproduction and overconsumption of apparel and...
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