COPENHAGEN – The Global Fashion Agenda (GFA) and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) are inviting fashion industry stakeholders to help identify how the sector can best reduce its impacts. Brands, retailers, NGOs, manufacturers, land…
MONTREAL – Loop Industries, which offers technology that can chemically recycle low-grade polyester infinitely, has signed a joint venture agreement with polymer manufacturer Ester Industries to build a new Infinite Loop manufacturing facility in…
CLERMONT-FERRAND - Biotech firm Carbios has signed a memorandum of understanding with waste management specialist Hündgen for the latter to supply raw materials to its new PET biorecycling plant. Currently under construction, Carbios is building the…
BOSTON - Environmental non-profit Ceres has launched a new sustainability assessment tool designed to help small to medium-sized companies, including fashion brands and retailers, assess and improve their environmental performance. The Ceres Roadmap…
GENEVA – The Better Cotton initiative is supporting efforts by the World Trade Organisation (WTO) and world football’s governing body FIFA to boost sustainable cotton production in West and Central Africa. Better Cotton says it will focus on…
LONDON – People in the UK are throwing out almost half (49%) of their unwanted used textiles in the general rubbish bin, according to new research from waste recycling charity WRAP. On average, each person in Britain throws 35 items of unwanted…
AMSTERDAM – UK denim start up LaundRE made its debut at this week’s Kingpins event here in the Netherlands where it explained to visitors how it’s taking old, unwanted denim stock and refinishing the garments to give them a second life. “Our…
SYDNEY - The Australian Wool Exchange (AWEX) insists that its new Australian Wool Sustainability Scheme (AWSS) standard will raise the bar on animal welfare despite the concerns of campaigners. AWSS, which will replace SustainaWOOL from July,…
JYVÄSKYLÄ – Scandinavian textile fibre innovator Spinnova has announced that fewer jobs have been lost than feared in its recently completed cost-cutting review aimed at putting its finances back on track. Spinnova, which makes textile fibre out…
ESPOO - A European Union (EU) funded project is underway in Finland in a bid to develop new technologies to recycle polyester-cotton blended textile waste into high quality raw materials. Led by the VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, the…
LONDON - The Earthsight NGO has branded Better Cotton's investigation into allegations linking its licensed farms with illegal deforestation in Brazil as "so flawed to be almost worthless". Earthsight recently released a report focused on two of…
AMSTERDAM – Speaking to Ecotextile News today at the on-going Kingpins denim exhibition in the Netherlands, Lenzing CEO Stephan Sielaff said that last week’s fire at its HQ facility in Austria won’t have a major impact on its output although the…
DHAKA - The Bangladesh government is said to be considering a tax exemption for domestically-produced recycled fibre in a bid to promote the sector and reduce the textile industry’s dependence on imports of cotton. Under the current rules, textile…
CALIFORNIA - An academic researcher at the University of California, Riverside, has received a $1.45 million federal grant to advance the production of textiles from plant waste. The process, known as co-solvent enhanced lignocellulosic…
COPENHAGEN - Danish tech start-up Rodinia Generation, which claims to have developed an automated manufacturing method that drastically reduces carbon emissions and water usage in garment production, has raised €3 million ($3.2m) in funding. Aimed…
AMSTERDAM – Sourcing technology specialist Sourcery has announced the international expansion of its ‘Provisional Partnership’ programme with the addition of 10 new members from across the denim supply chain. Following a successful roll-out of the…
LONDON - The Better Cotton inititative claims an independent audit has revealed that licensed farms in Brazil - owned by companies accused of deforestation in Brazil - were not in breach of its standard. However, the auditors called for better…
HONG KONG - Supply chain management platform TradeBeyond has introduced artificial intelligence into its textile and garment traceability system in a bid to help brands and retailers improve visibility and reduce risks in their supply chains. The…
LUDWIGSHAFEN – Global chemicals company BASF's 'Ccycled' recycled synthetic textiles have been certified to the Recycled Claim Standard (RCS). RCS certification of the company's PA6 and PA6.6 Ultramid Ccycled products for textile applications means…
LONDON - The Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) has posted another clarification on its controversial plans to extend the use of carbon credits to offset scope 3 carbon emissions. The SBTi was heavily criticised after it revealed earlier this…
LONDON - The UK government is being urged to ban the destruction of unused clothing and introduce an effective extended producer responsibility (EPR) scheme for textiles in a new report from the Green Alliance think tank. Entitled 'Changing fashion:…
AMSTERDAM - The Organic Cotton Accelerator (OCA) initiative is highlighting the "critical importance" of supporting in-conversion cotton farmers in its new impact report for the 2022-2023 season. Entitled 'Organic Cotton’s Time Has Come', the report…
LENZING - An investigation has been launched after a fire broke out today at the Austrian headquarters and production facilities of cellulosic fibre manufacturer Lenzing. "Today, April 19, 2024, at 8:36am, a fire broke out in the area of the…
BRUSSELS – The EuRIC (European Recycling Industries' Confederation) trade body is warning that textile reuse and recycling is on the brink of collapse across Europe. EuRIC says the industry is in crisis in the Netherlands, Germany and the UK and…
JYVÄSKYLÄ -Troubled textile innovator Spinnova has reiterated its stance that technology sales are the main driver for growth in the immediate future, effectively ruling out any near-term investments in increasing its own fibre production. Writing…
JYVÄSKYLÄ - Fashion brand Jack & Jones, part of the Bestseller Group, and Spinnova have launched a t-shirt made from the latter’s fibre from textile and agricultural waste without the use of potentially harmful chemicals. The launch will come as a…
KINGSPORT — Speciality materials manufacturer Eastman has launched a collaboration with circular solutions provider Debrand to recycle textile waste to create new fibres. Eastman is using its molecular technology to recycle 5,000 pounds of pre- and…
LONDON – A commercial-scale, post-consumer polyester recycling plant, billed as the first of its kind, has begun operations in the UK in a joint venture between textile recycler Project Plan B and the Salvation Army Trading Company (SATCoL). Known…
TRENTON – Recycling specialist TerraCycle has partnered with Asics on the sports footwear and apparel brand’s first closed-loop running shoe. As part of the initiative, consumers who wish to recycle their used and worn-out Nimbus Mirai branded…
TÜBINGEN – Textile chemical specialist CHT has teamed up with Swiss textile manufacturer OceanSafe on the production of a new biodegradable polyester fibre. Branded as naNea, OceanSafe is utilising CHT’s latest dyeing and finishing technologies…
ADELAIDE - A new integrity and sustainability programme has been launched for Australian wool which includes two categories - one for mulesed and one for non-mulesed sheep. The Australian Wool Sustainability Scheme (AWSS) is described as an…
SAN FRANCISCO – The Apparel Impact Institute (Aii) claims to have almost quadrupled the amount of actual greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions saved as a result of its programmes last year. The Aii's new impact report for 2023 reveals annual GHG emission…
HELSINKI - A cross-industry research programme in Finland has been exploring the potential opportunities and challenges of the European Union’s planned adoption of digital product passports (DPP). The research involved four pilot projects, including…
AZANGARO - Police have charged five shearers at the world's largest privately owned alpaca farm with animal cruelty following an undercover investigation by the PETA animal welfare organisation. PETA submitted a formal complaint to the Peruvian…
WAKEFIELD – Our host Philip Berman talks to Magnus Dorsch, head of corporate sustainability at German online fashion retailer About You, and Joyce Tsoi, senior director of the decarbonisation programme at Cascale, for our latest podcast on…
LONDON – After it was criticised last week for plans to extend the use of carbon credits to offset scope 3 carbon emissions, the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) has performed a hasty volte face, saying there is “no change” to its current…
YAMAGATA - Japanese biotechnology company Spiber has raised JPY 10 billion ($64.8 million) in a funding round to accelerate the mass production and global sales of its 'Brewed Protein' materials. Spiber's Brewed Protein materials are made from…
LAMESA - The Textile Exchange industry body has issued a new report setting the fashion and textiles industry the ambitious challenge of ending the use of virgin fossil-based synthetic textiles by 2030. The report also calls for the end of the use…
WASHINGTON DC – UK waste recycling charity WRAP is expanding its efforts across the Atlantic after opening a new office where it will co-ordinate campaigns on issues, including textile waste, across South, Central and North America. WRAP, the NGO…
LONDON - The Better Cotton initiative has today issued a statement after fashion giant Inditex described allegations linking cotton certified by the organisation with deforestation in Brazil as a "serious breach in the trust placed in Better…
OSLO/LONDON - Circle-8 Textile Ecosystems has entered into a partnership with multifaceted recycling tech company Tomra to develop the first automated textiles sorting and pre-processing facility (ATSP) for non-reusable textiles in the UK. The…
LONDON – The Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) has been criticised by the Carbon Market Watch non-profit after it confirmed plans to extend the use of carbon credits to offset Scope 3 carbon emissions. Greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in Scope 3…
LEEDS – Historic Yorkshire textile mill AW Hainsworth says it has achieved zero to landfill status following its work with waste management consultant Reconomy. The 240-year-old heritage firm, which manufactures woollen fabrics for customers…
WAKEFIELD – Our host Philip Berman sits down with Sean Cady, vice president of global sustainability, responsibility and trade for VF Corporation and also elected board director for Cascale, and Andrew Martin, executive vice president of Cascale for…
LEEDS - Manufacturing decisions play a crucial role in determining the extent of microfibre release from textiles, according to new research at the University of Leeds. The study, published in the peer-reviewed Frontiers of Environmental Science,…
STOCKHOLM – The first round of speakers for this year's Challenge the Fabric (CTF) event, which explores innovations in man-made cellulosic fibres (MMCF), has been announced. Next gen materials in the MMCF sector are under pressure following the…
BORAS - Swedish workwear brand Fristads is looking to reduce both its waste and its need for virgin materials with the launch of a partially recycled sweatshirt collection. Described as the brand’s first “circular product’, the sweatshirt is made…
LONDON - Researchers say they have genetically engineered bacterial cellulose to produce its own pigmentation - removing the need for chemical dyes - in a breakthrough study they claim could revolutionise the textile industry. Published in the…
STOCKHOLM – Multiple offers have been made for the business and assets of bankrupt Swedish textile recycling pioneer Renewcell. Lawyer Lars-Henrik Andersson, the appointed bankruptcy trustee, confirmed: “These offers will undergo a thorough review…
LONDON - The UK's Textile Recycling Association (TRA) trade body has issued a warning that the textile recycling sector is in danger of imminent collapse due to global market challenges. The crisis in the Red Sea, which was disrupting shipping…
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