Fibre

Unifi Targets To Recycle Equivalent Of 1.5bn T-Shirts By 2030

Textile Insights March 2, 2024

Unifi, maker of Repreve brand recycled fibres has set an ambitious textile-to-textile recycling target to transform the equivalent of 1.5 billion t-shirts worth of textile and yarn waste into new products by 2030. “Our fourth annual sustainability publication showcases UNIFI’s continuous

Fibre

Precision Textiles Uses RPET Fibres To Reduce Carbon Footprint

Textile Insights January 25, 2024

To reduce its carbon footprint Precision Textiles has partnered with Unifi; manufacturers of Repreve recycled fibre and use these fibres in the manufacturing of all its filler cloth products. The first-of-its-kind collaboration within the industry makes Precision Textiles the only bedding component manufacturer to use Repreve recycled performance fibre in its nonwoven

Sustainability

Spinnova Stresses On Incentives In Circular Fashion At COP28

Textile Insights December 14, 2023

Sustainable textile material company Spinnova has emphasised on incentives and investments into circular fashion at COP28. In the run up to COP28, Spinnova added that it is not the time to back down on climate action in the global fashion and textile industries. According to Spinnova, decarbonising the industry and reaching net zero by 2050 […]

Policies

Indian Govt Moots Separate HSN Code For Recycled Textiles

Textile Insights December 1, 2023

The Indian Textiles Ministry has started a process to create separate tariff codes also called HSN codes, to keep a record of exports or imports of recycled textiles. Currently, these recycled textiles are exported or imported under the current and relevant HSN codes of textiles like yarns or fabrics, which makes it difficult to track […]

Sustainability

Lands’ End & Recover Partner On Recycled Fibre Denim Line

Textile Insights August 25, 2023

US lifestyle brand Lands’ End has partnered with recycled cotton fibre producer, Recover to launch a low-impact denim collection using recycled fibre. The two companies have partnered to develop sustainable denim pieces, in timeless styles for both men and women, and all of which contain 20 percent of Recover’s recycled cotton fibre produced from textile […]

Sustainability

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 […]

Fibre

Recycled Fibre Produced From Ocean-Bound Plastic Bottles

Textile Insights July 11, 2023

German company Advansa and Indonesia headquartered Asia Pacific Fibers have launched Remotion Blue, a premium fibre for sports and activewear, made from recycled ocean-bound plastic bottles with full end-to-end traceability from Prevented Ocean Plastic. Remotion Blue is a specially engineered polyester fibre made from ocean-bound plastic as a premium raw material with a

Sustainability

Cellulose Fibre Recycler Renewcell Launches Supplier Network

Textile Insights July 5, 2023

Textile recycling innovator Renewcell, has launched CIRCULOSE Supplier Network (CSN), which is a group of 47 yarn and textile producers, who will help drive the circular economy and create a steady source of CIRCULOSE in the market. CSN members will streamline CIRCULOSE production across the supply chain and are committed to continuous development of circular […]

Sustainability

PET Recycling Takes Leap With Oerlikon Barmag Technology

Textile Insights July 5, 2023

PT. Kahatex, one of Indonesia’s biggest fabric manufacturers has commissioned the homogenisation technology provided by Oerlikon Barmag Huitong Engineering (OBHE), a joint venture between Oerlikon Barmag and Yangzhou Huitong Chemical Engineering Technique Co., Ltd. The system has a daily capacity of 25 tons for recycling popcorn and bottle flakes into textile quality chips

Sustainability

Green Polyester Maker Tops ‘Plastic Waste Maker’ Index

Textile Insights June 29, 2023

Taiwan headquartered and ‘Green’ polyester fibre manufacturer, Far Eastern New Century Corporation (FENC), has bagged first place in the ‘Plastic Waste Maker Index 2023’ report, published by the Australian philanthropic organisation Minderoo Foundation in 2023. “FENC stands out from 400 companies worldwide for its excellence in circularity performance and is committed to