Sustainability

Solvay Launches SCS Certified Recycled Nylon 66

Textile Insights July 17, 2023

Solvay has launched a new and specialised grade of Rhodianyl also called Nylon 66, made of 100 percent pre-consumer recycled polyamide, which is produced at its Santo Andre plant in Brazil. The product has achieved SCS Recycled Content Certification, reaffirming Solvay’s commitment to

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Bluesign Denim Endeavours To Create Cleanest Denim In World

Textile Insights July 17, 2023

Switzerland’s bluesign has launched ‘bluesign Denim’, which it considers is a move towards cleaner, eco-friendly production in denim fashion. The core objective of bluesign Denim is to collaborate with partners to create the cleanest denim in the world. According to bluesign, this sustainable denim diminishes the textile industry’s environmental

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Source Fashion Displaying Breakthrough Recycling Technology

Textile Insights July 15, 2023

Source Fashion, which will be organised from July 16-18, 2023 and is Europe’s newest responsible sourcing show, will show the first UK presentation of a world-first breakthrough in polyester textile recycling. The event will see the first commercial scale launch of Project Re:claim, which is a post-consumer polyester recycling plant. Project Re:claim is a joint […]

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Fiberpartner Inks Deal For Bio Alternative To Polyester Fibres

Textile Insights July 11, 2023

Denmark based Fiberpartner has inked an exclusive deal with Pond Global, also from Denmark for the development, production and marketing of bio-based plastics for staple fibres. The development of these bio-based fibres has been going on since 2017, but is now available for commercial use. Fiberpartner aims to offer a bio-based alternative to traditional polyester […]

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Epson & Japanese Fashion Designer Partner On Sustainable Fashion

Textile Insights July 10, 2023

Digital printer manufacturer Epson has adapted its dry fibre technology, which is used to recycle paper and requires virtually no water to produce to produce new nonwoven re-fiberised fabric from used and discarded garments. “The new collection will illustrate how switching to digital textile printing using more sustainable pigment inks offers the fashion industry a […]

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Plans To Make India Hub For Sustainable & Circular Textiles

Textile Insights July 10, 2023

The Indian Ministry of Textiles has initiated work on drafting a policy to make India a global hub for sourcing sustainable and circular textiles. The ministry will conduct a study on Mapping of Textile Waste Value Chain, both pre- and post-consumer and to do so, has plans to hire a consulting agency, which will have […]

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Packaging Sustainability Goals Becomes Easier For Brands

Textile Insights July 8, 2023

Supply chain data and textile specialist, Trimco Group has unveiled a new Packaging Manager module as part of their supply chain traceability platform, ProductDNA. “Featuring automated packaging reports for multi-country EPR requirements, the new feature will relieve fashion brands from the gruelling workload of manually collecting, handling, and presenting their data to

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RadiciGroup’s Biofeel Eleven Yarn Catwalks At Expo

Textile Insights July 8, 2023

RadiciGroup took part in the Phygital Sustainability Expo held in the Imperial Forum Museum in Rome, where it presented a maxi dress made of Biofeel eleven, a yarn of completely natural origin featuring high technical, aesthetic and environmental performance. “The dress is not only made from a low environmental impact raw material, but is also […]

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MAS Holding Plans Buying Climate Positive Cellulosic Yarn

Textile Insights July 7, 2023

Sri Lanka headquartered MAS Holdings and one of the biggest garment manufacturers in the country, will buy HeiQ AeoniQ Climate Positive Cellulosic yarn as part of its ‘Plan for Change’ initiative to support the development of next-generation cellulosic filament fibres to replace polyester and nylon. With this investment, MAS Holdings becomes the first manufacturer to […]

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New EU Rules Make Producers Liable For Circularity In Textiles

Textile Insights July 6, 2023

The European Commission is proposing rules to make producers responsible for the full lifecycle of textile products and to support the sustainable management of textile waste across the EU. This initiative will accelerate the development of the separate collection, sorting, reuse and recycling sector for textiles in the EU, in line with the EU Strategy […]