Visits: 17 ZEIST – A coalition of garment manufacturers has welcomed the recent update to the Higg Brand & Retail Module (BRM) as a “useful first step” but says more is needed. The Sustainable Terms of Trade Initiative (STTI) was …
Bangladesh bid to recycle scrap fabric
Visits: 16 DHAKA – The Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) is urging the government to incentivise the country’s textile mills to recycle fabric scraps from garment production into yarn for export garments. BGMEA President Faruque Hassan said that …
Circa Group partners with Textile Change
Visits: 18 OSLO – Norwegian sustainable biochemicals company Circa Group and Danish chemical recycler Textile Change have announced they are working together to optimise textile recycling. Circa’s bio-based solvent Cyrene has been successfully tested by Textile Change in the separation …
Cotton standards ‘can boost sustainability’
Visits: 20 WINNIPEG – South Asia’s cotton sector should accelerate its adoption of voluntary standards (VSS) to address longstanding sustainability issues, according to a new report. The study from the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) says VSS, such as …
Australian cotton industry plans roadmap
Visits: 15 SYDNEY – Key organisations in the Australian cotton industry are working together on a strategic roadmap designed to ensure that the country’s exports are not impacted by new due diligence legislation in Europe and the US. Cotton Australia, …
Recycler Circ raises $25m in funding round
Visits: 20 DANVILLE – Textile recycling company Circ has closed a US$25 million funding round with support from European online fashion platform Zalando and materials science company Avery Dennison. Korean manufacturing corporation Youngone is also involved while previous investors participating …
Recover and Reiter link up to boost recycling
Visits: 18 ALICANTE – Spanish recycling innovator Recover has teamed up with Swiss spinning machinery manufacturer Rieter in a bid to increase the use of recycled textiles as raw materials. The two companies say they are working together to conduct …
Study evaluates the impact of recycled wool
Visits: 22 SYDNEY – Consumers can influence the environmental impact of their wool clothing by increasing the active lifetime of a garment, according to a new study from the Woolmark Company, a not-for-profit global authority on wool. Titled ‘Environmental impacts …
Microfibre pollution ‘mostly natural fibres’
Visits: 17 NEWCASTLE – New research into microfibre pollution off the eastern coast of Africa has found that the majority of those found were from ‘natural’ fibres, such as cotton and wool, rather than synthetics like polyester and nylon. In …
EU network will co-ordinate textile projects
Visits: 17 BRUSSELS – A new European Union network has been launched to co-ordinate EU-funded research and investment projects aimed at making the textiles industry more sustainable and circular. ECOSYSTEX (European Community of Practice for a Sustainable Textile Ecosystem) is …