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"Textile Waste" News Archive
Sustainable Supply Chains
Recover Unites with Rieter to Scale up Post-Consumer Textile Recycling
The partnership between Recover and Rieter aims to combine efforts and create synergies to promote and pave the way for the fashion industry toward a circular economy.
Sustainability Standards News
Cotton Australia's Innovative Approach to Textile Waste Management
Cotton Australia is leading a pioneering effort to recycle used cotton textiles by incorporating them into the soil, offering a sustainable solution to the fashion industry's waste challenge.
Sustainable Suppliers News
Birla Cellulose and Nanollose Achieve Milestone in Sustainable Fiber Production
Birla Cellulose and Nanollose have achieved a milestone with the successful completion of a third pilot production spin cycle for tree-free Nullarbor and Nufolium fibers, reinforcing their commitment to sustainable textile practices through a jointly filed patent.
Sustainability Governance
OEKO-TEX® New Regulations 2022
The OEKO-TEX Association, an international textile and leather research and testing organization, releases its annual updates to test criteria, limit values, and requirements.
Sustainable Materials
The EU Textile Sector Faces Threat of Collapse
Recyclers in Europe warn of an impending collapse in the textile recycling industry, prompting urgent action from EuRIC across the Netherlands, Germany, and the UK.
Sustainable Materials
Saxcell and Birla Cellulose Join Forces for Textile Recycling Breakthrough
Saxcell and Birla Cellulose join forces to advance the production of recycled man-made cellulosic fibers through a groundbreaking partnership.
Sustainable Suppliers News
Circulose: The Innovative Cellulose Circular Weave
A fiber obtained with a fabric-to-fabric recycling technology, several prominent brands are already using Circulose.
Sustainability Standards News
Bluesign and ZDHC Unite: Advancing to the “Progressive” Level
Bluesign-certified formulators achieve provisional approval for ZDHC's "progressive level", transforming chemical formulations in the textile industry towards sustainability.
Sustainability Governance
How Demand-Driven Fashion Could Help to Clean up the Industry
Clothes design based on the “made-to-order” model could be the answer to the industry’s pollution issues.
Sustainable Suppliers News
Austria's Lenzing Releases Combined Annual & Sustainability Report
The Lenzing Group, a prominent producer of regenerated cellulosic fibers, publishes its inaugural combined annual and sustainability report, emphasizing its commitment to social and environmental responsibility.
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Sustainable Materials
Repreve Puts Sustainable Fibers in the Spotlight at the Rose Bowl
Repreve is set to highlight its transformative process at the Rose Bowl during the championship semifinal, showcasing its role in crafting sustainable team uniforms.
Ethical Consumerism
How Companies are Concealing the True Environmental Costs Linked to Fast Fashion
A new Greenpeace report scrutinizes the sustainability claims of 14 fashion brands, focusing on their "eco-friendly" or "responsible" collections. It identifies several well-known brands guilty of greenwashing, such as Decathlon, H&M, Mango, Primark, Tesco, and Zara.
Sustainable Materials
Ethical Consumerism
The Dangers of Microfibers in the Textile Industry
Unlike other sectors, which are in the process of changing to combat microplastics, fashion is still not doing enough to control microfiber pollution. Learn what the adidas, the North Face, and C&A are doing about it.