Sustainability

TU Wien Scientists Develop Breakthrough Method To Fully Recycle Blended Textiles

Textile Insights November 27, 2025

In a major advance for textile sustainability, researchers at TU Wien have unveiled a novel recycling method capable of almost perfectly recovering both cotton and polyester from blended fabrics, one of the industry’s most challenging waste streams. The innovation comes at a time when global

Sustainability

From Waste To Worth: How The UK Plans To Turn 744,000 Tonnes Of Textile Trash Into A Circular Economy

Textile Insights September 9, 2025

Every year, the United Kingdom discards nearly three-quarters of a million tonnes of textiles that can no longer be reworn. These clothes and fabrics, often tossed into household bins or collection banks, end up incinerated, landfilled, or shipped abroad. Less than one per cent of them ever find their way back into new fibres. Now, […]

Corporates

Circ Secures New Investment To Scale Textile-To-Textile Recycling

Textile Insights March 13, 2025

Circ, the US-based pioneer in textile-to-textile recycling, has closed its latest funding round led by Taranis through its Carbon Ventures fund, with continued support from existing strategic investors Inditex and Avery Dennison. This funding builds on Circ’s technical and commercial progress over the past 18 months and will support the scaling of its groundbreaking

Sustainability

HUGO BOSS Introduces Eightyards For Textile Upcycling

Textile Insights February 27, 2025

Eightyards GmbH, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the HUGO BOSS Group, officially commenced business operations. Based in Metzingen, the new venture enables HUGO BOSS to repurpose its surplus materials, giving them a new lease of life. Eightyards operates across three core business areas: reselling, reusing, and re-, up-, and downcycling the Group’s surplus textiles for

Event

Driving Sustainability: NISTI-IIT Delhi Conference On Textiles

Textile Insights December 10, 2024

The much-anticipated NISTI-IIT Delhi Conference on Sustainability in Textiles is set to take place on 14th December 2024 at IIT Delhi, uniting thought leaders, researchers, and innovators. Organized by NISTI Regd in collaboration with the Department of Textile and Fibre Engineering, IIT Delhi, this flagship event is set to redefine the roadmap for sustainability in […]

Special Report

Goma Suri – What Is It and Why We Should Avoid It?

Textile Insights November 9, 2024

“They are Goma suri!” whispered my Japanese friend into my ear, making a curious motion with his hands, like rotating his closed hand on the palm of the other hand. “What?” I couldn’t quite grasp what he meant. Though I knew some Japanese, it was just enough to get by in casual conversations. He mentioned […]

Sustainability

Evoralis Secures £2.5M Seed Funding To Transform Textile Recycling

Textile Insights October 9, 2024

Evoralis, a pioneering company specializing in the discovery and development of plastic-depolymerizing enzymes, has successfully raised £2.5 million in a seed funding round. This investment marks a significant milestone in Evoralis’ mission to revolutionize the recycling landscape for textiles and other plastics. The funding round was led by LIFTT S.p.A, with

Sustainability

California Passes First Textile Recycling Law In US

Textile Insights October 9, 2024

On September 28, 2024, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed SB707, the Responsible Textile Recovery Act of 2024, into law. This is the first extended producer responsibility (EPR) law for textiles in the United States. The new law requires producers of household textiles—such as clothing, footwear and hospitality items—to fund and manage a statewide programme for […]

Sustainability

EEA Urges PFAS Reduction In Textiles For Circular Economy

Textile Insights September 19, 2024

According to a new briefing by the European Environment Agency (EEA), reducing the use of PFAS—also known as “forever chemicals”—in textiles is crucial for enhancing recyclability and advancing a circular economy. Textiles are a major source of PFAS pollution in Europe. These chemicals, widely used in clothing, carpets, and household items for waterproofing and

Industry

Textile Waste Mismanagement Costs Bangladesh Billions

Textile Insights August 28, 2024

A recent study reveals that Bangladesh is losing out on $5 billion in potential annual export revenue due to a lack of policies for recycling post-industrial textile waste, known as jhut. The report, “Regulatory Framework to Enable Recycling of Post-Industrial Waste (Jhut) for the RMG Industry in Bangladesh,” stresses the need for a circular economy […]