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AMSTERDAM - Cascale, formerly the Sustainable Apparel Coalition, will highlight challenges faced by the apparel sector in complying with new sustainability legislation at a ‘Brand & Retail Forum’ in Brussels next month.
Cities 'failing to deal with textile waste'
2 days ago · MELBOURNE - Researchers in Australia say most leading cities around the world are failing to deal with unwanted clothing with most textile waste going to landfill or being exported overseas. The study, by the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT), analysed what happened to used clothes and ...
Gore-Tex expands outerwear rental service
2 days ago · ELKTON – Outerwear brand Gore-Tex is expanding its Outerwear On Demand snowsports apparel rental programme to new locations across the US and Canada. It is adding 15 new locations through partners, including Alterra Mountain Company, Powdr Corp and Pacific Group Resorts, as well as a number of ...
Cascale unveils new cotton LCA methodology
Oct 24, 2024 · AMSTERDAM - Cascale has unveiled a new cotton LCA methodology for its Higg Materials Sustainability Index (Higg MSI) tool which it claims offers greater accuracy and consistency in assessing the environmental impacts of the fibre.
Gender key to sustainable clothing choices
Oct 21, 2024 · ROME – Gender plays a key role in determining why people choose to buy sustainable clothing, according to a new academic paper on the complex motivations behind consumer choices in the fashion industry.
Fratelli to install automated clothing sorting system
Oct 25, 2024 · MARCIANISE - Textile recycling specialist Fratelli Esposito is to install an automatic clothing sorting line from optical technology manufacturer, Picvisa Machine Vision Systems.
Lycra presents EcoMade denim samples | Materials & Production …
Oct 22, 2024 · AMSTERDAM - The Lycra Company has unveiled the first garment and fabric samples made with seed quantities of bio-derived EcoMade fibre. Billed as the “world's first large-scale production of renewable elastane”, the first samples, which contain 70% renewable content, were on show at this week’s Kingpins show in Amsterdam alongside the company’s new FitSense denim technology.
EU urged to act on textile recycling ‘crisis’
Oct 22, 2024 · BRUSSELS – Textile waste will have to be incinerated in Europe, rather than reused or recycled, if the European Union (EU) does not act to protect the crisis-hit textile recycling industry, according to two key bodies.
Textile Exchange posts new materials report
Oct 23, 2024 · LONDON - The Textile Exchange industry nonprofit has published its latest Materials Benchmark which is billed as the largest peer-to-peer comparison initiative in the fashion, textile and apparel industry. It tracks the uptake of fibres and raw materials from recognised sustainability programmes, as ...
Primark links with WRAP on garment durability
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