Technical Textile & Nonwoven

Fight Against Ghost Gear: Waterhaul Turns Ocean Pollution Into Purposeful Products

UK-based company Waterhaul is tackling one of the ocean’s most pressing challenges: ghost gear, or abandoned fishing nets that continue to trap marine life and pollute waters long after their useful life. These discarded nets, made from resilient plastics like nylon and polypropylene, constitute nearly half of the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, as noted by […]
Corporates

Birla Cellulose And Circ Announce Strategic Partnership To Accelerate Scaling Textile Recycling Innovation

Strategic collaboration aims to drive growth of and access to recycled fibres Birla Cellulose, the cellulosic fibres business of the Aditya Birla Group and one of the world’s leading Man-Made Cellulosic Fibre (MMCF) producers through its flagship company Grasim Industries Ltd, and Circ, a US-based textile-to-textile recycling innovator, have announced a long-term strategic
Technical Textile & Nonwoven

High-Efficiency Electrostatic Air Filter Media Available With Activated Carbon

Gessner has announced that their Alphastar tribo-electric nonwoven and NeenahPure meltblown nonwoven filter media now come with an activated carbon layer for pleatable and bag filters. These high-efficiency electrostatic filter media can be customized to meet specific requirements, ranging from high-efficiency filtration to standard needs. The activated carbon air filter