A semi-industrial demonstration unit in Japan is claimed to have processed several tens of tonnes of polyester-rich post-consumer textile waste from Europe to produce the base monomer for 100% ...

The textile industry is at a critical point, facing environmental challenges and a pressing need for sustainability. Traditional practices have led to significant ecological footprints, including ...

Experts discussed the challenges at the Textiles Recycling Expo in Charlotte, N.C.

A combined team of chemical and biomolecular engineers from the University of Delaware, and the Center for Plastics Innovation, both in the U.S., has developed a way to chemically separate fibers in ...

The trio completed a semi-industrial trial of their "Rewind" PET process, demonstrating that polyester textile-to-textile recycling is ready to scale.

Most of the discussion in sustainable textiles has centered around the fibers–manufacturers making a switch to organic cotton, or creating fabrics from natural, easily-renewable materials like bamboo ...

With the growing push to improve circularity in the fashion and textile industries, the ability to scale textile recycling operations to create new fibers on a larger scale has become a more immediate ...

Bolstering the Biden Administration’s efforts to put American manufacturing back on the map, the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) has announced the launch of a Section 301 duty exclusion process for ...

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