Ecotextile News Bulletin 18.06.2019

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Tuesday 18th June 2019

Anger, as UK government rejects calls to fix fast fashion

WAKEFIELD – The UK government has given a huge ‘thumbs down’ to an Environmental Audit Committee (EAC) report that wanted a one penny charge per garment on producers in a bid to end the era of throwaway fast fashion.
Headed up by Wakefield MP Mary Creagh, the EAC report wanted the UK...

No child labour by 2025: a realistic goal? GENEVA — At the 108th session of the International Labour Conference, Guy Ryder, director general of the ILO (International Labour Organization), has called on a plethora of industries to collaborate... Read More	H&M called out on “illegal” sustainability marketing OSLO – The Norwegian Consumer Authority (CA), an independent administrative body which works to influence trading decisions across an array of markets, has lambasted what it calls “illegal marketing”... Read More
Chromuch offers ‘sustainable’ synthetic fibre TAIPEI – ‘Sustainable’ synthetic fibre innovator Chromuch is taking a fresh approach to yarn production, and now offers sheath and core solution dyed yarns – made from rPET bottles – which it... Read More	Walmart and HanesBrands support National Parks WINSTON-SALEM —US apparel firm HanesBrands has launched a new collection of T-shirts in support of the National Park Foundation. The garments will be available online and in select Walmart stores... Read More

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Crystal gives fabric waste a second life

HONG KONG – Crystal Group, the Asian clothing giant, has teamed up with US technology firm PurFi to launch a fabric waste upcycling pilot at its garment factories in Sri Lanka.
The new project is expected to convert hundreds of tonnes of garment waste into ‘high quality’ synthetic raw...

Recycled T-shirt range uses AI to avoid textile waste

FRESHWATER — British apparel manufacturer Teemill has launched a new range of organic cotton T-shirts which the company intends to take back an indefinite number of times.
The firm offers online shoppers made-to-order printed clothing which means no unsold stock is carried and, consequently,...

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Ecotextile News Bulletin 18.06.2019

Anger, as UK government rejects calls to fix fast fashion

No child labour by 2025: a realistic goal?

H&M called out on “illegal” sustainability marketing

Chromuch offers ‘sustainable’ synthetic fibre

Walmart and HanesBrands support National Parks

‘Converging Technologies’ and ‘Igniting Progress’

Crystal gives fabric waste a second life

Recycled T-shirt range uses AI to avoid textile waste

Out now - June/July 2019

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