Sustainability

Longer Garment Life Can Cut Fast Fashion Emissions: Study

Textile Insights September 9, 2026

A new study led by Concordia University has found that extending the lifespan of garments and replacing air freight with sea transport could significantly reduce the environmental impact of fast fashion. The study examined the full life cycle of cotton and polyester T-shirts, assessing

Cotton

BCI Partners With Avalo To Develop Climate-Resilient Cotton

Textile Insights September 4, 2026

The Better Cotton Initiative (BCI) has partnered with agriculture solutions company Avalo to accelerate the development of climate-resilient cotton varieties. Avalo uses artificial intelligence (AI) and plant genetics to identify key traits that can help crops withstand climate-related challenges. Its technology aims to accelerate plant breeding and develop locally adapted

Industry

Textiles Committee Marks 62 Years Of Service, Sets Sights On A Sustainable Future

Textile Insights August 24, 2026

The Textiles Committee, Ministry of Textiles, Government of India, celebrated its 62nd Foundation Day on August 22 in Mumbai, marking more than six decades of contribution to India’s textile sector and outlining a renewed focus on quality, sustainability, circularity, innovation and global competitiveness. The celebration brought together Giriraj Singh, Union Minister of

Event

Karnataka Signs Rs 2,821 Crore Textile MoUs At Bharat Tex

Textile Insights July 16, 2026

The Government of Karnataka reaffirmed its commitment to strengthening the state’s position as one of India’s leading destinations for textile and apparel investments during an exclusive session on ‘Investment Opportunities in Karnataka’ held at Bharat Tex 2026. The session brought together senior government officials, leading textile manufacturers, investors and industry

Sustainability

‘Recycling Was Always Last. Someone Moved It To The Front’

Textile Insights June 9, 2026

In this incisive and insightful article penned exclusively for Textile Insights, Mansi Bihani writes that the carbon footprint of recycling is not zero, it is simply lower than producing virgin material from scratch, which is a meaningful difference but not the same as being without cost. On World Environment Day, it is worth asking what […]

Economy

Tipping The Scale: How Mass Balance Is Rewiring Textile Recycling

Textile Insights May 10, 2026

The textile industry is standing at a turning point. Built on speed, scale and global integration, it has delivered growth which few sectors can claim, but at a cost that is now impossible to ignore. Every year, an estimated 90 to 110 million tonnes of textile waste is either landfilled or incinerated, exposing a system […]

Fibre

A Great Future For Recycled Yarns… But What About The Costs?

Textile Insights March 17, 2025

Expert Panel Discusses Yarn Production from Recycled Material Uster Technologies brought together textile industry leaders to discuss the current challenges and opportunities in using recycled raw materials. A delegation of spinners from India met with experts from Rieter, Säntis-Textiles, Otto Yarns, Gherzi Textile Organization, and TVU at Uster headquarters in

Sustainability

Textile Ministry Plans To Create Pan-India Textile Recycling Ecosystem

Textile Insights March 10, 2025

India being one of the largest T&A manufacturers and consumers in the world, the Union Ministry of Textiles is planning to build a strong textile recycling ecosystem in the country. The ministry is looking to set up several textile recycling facilities across India in order to handle and recycle both pre-consumer and post-consumer textiles wastes.  […]

Industry

Epson Opens Innovation Centre And Launches Textile Academy In UK

Textile Insights March 2, 2025

Epson has inaugurated a new Innovation Centre in Lutterworth, Leicestershire, UK, alongside launching its first-ever Textile Academy, aimed at inspiring young designers and students to contribute to a more sustainable textile industry. To mark the occasion, textile design students from Nottingham Trent University (NTU) participated in a one-day workshop, where they printed

Corporates

Sweden’s Syre Eyes US$ 1 Billion Polyester Recycling Plant In Binh Dinh

Textile Insights February 27, 2025

Swedish textile company Syre has expressed interest in investing $700 million to over $1 billion in a polyester fiber recycling factory in Vietnam’s Binh Dinh province. The company shared its plans during a working session with the provincial People’s Committee, where Tim King, Operations Director at Syre, highlighted key challenges, including the supply of raw […]