Fibre

Recycled Cellulose Pulp Maker Renewcell Adds 25 More Members

Textile Insights February 22, 2024

Swedish textile-to-textile recycler Renewcell has added 35 new members to the Circulose Supplier Network (CSN), which now totals 151 spinners, weavers, textile mills, garment manufacturers, and more. The 35 new additions consist of 10 suppliers with vertical operations, 16 yarn spinners, 4

Sustainability

Walmart Foundation Grants $1.2mn To Boost Circular Textiles

Textile Insights December 8, 2023

The Walmart Foundation has granted US $1.2 million to support Goodwill Industries International and Accelerating Circularity to transform unsellable textile donations into recycling feedstock. The partnership with Goodwill is intended to develop skills, systems, and infrastructure at local Goodwill organisations to transform unsellable textile donations into recycling

Sustainability

EU Parliament Revises Timeline On Textile Labeling Regulation

Textile Insights December 8, 2023

The European Union Parliament has revised the timeline for the textile labeling regulation, which was originally planned for fourth quarter of 2023, but has now been rescheduled for fourth quarter of 2024. The European Union Commission had earlier presented an EU strategy in March 2022 for sustainable and circular textiles as part of the circular […]

Sustainability

Stella Mccartney Unveils First Ever Garment From Industrial Waste

Textile Insights December 6, 2023

USA start-up Protein Evolution (PEI) and its fashion brand partner, Stella McCartney has launched their first fashion garment, a Parka, manufactured from transforming industrial plastic waste into fibres. The fashion clothing has been created using PEI’s proprietary Biopure technology, which uses AI-designed enzymes to biologically break down synthetic textile and

Corporates

Evlox Signs Multi-Year Agreement With Recover™ For Denim Fabrics

April 21, 2023

Evlox and Recover™ have signed a multi-year agreement with the common goal of promoting innovative technologies that will help move towards a circular textiles industry. As part of the agreement, Evlox commits to purchasing Recover’s recycled cotton fiber, a high-quality fiber created entirely from textile waste and produced with minimal environment impact, and