Chemical sorting can be utilized to selectively collect polyester from waste plastics and textiles. In the product stream, clean polyesters are obtained because the process eliminates colorants and ...

The apparel industry accounts for 10% of global carbon emissions. The annual amount of fiber production reached 113 million tons in 2021 * and the demand is increasing every year. However, almost 90% ...

French biotech firm Carbios has teamed with recycling tech venture Tomra Textiles in an attempt to scale the circularity of polyester textiles. The duo signed an agreement to establish a new textile ...

To become a Vogue Business Member and receive the Sustainability Edit newsletter, click here. Stella McCartney has partnered with recycling startup Protein Evolution Inc (PEI) on a new venture that ...

HERZOGENAURACH, Germany--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Global sports company PUMA has today announced that it has scaled up its textile recycling innovation, RE:FIBRE, replacing recycled polyester with RE:FIBRE ...

Specialty materials company Eastman said it plans to pursue the creation of an advanced circular recycling technology using polyester waste that cannot be recycled by current mechanical methods and ...

USFibers has received strategic investment from US-based private equity entities Glisco Partners and Orion Infrastructure Capital (OIC) to strengthen market expansion. Established in 1994, the company ...

It’s much-maligned by many fashion industry stakeholders that sustainability is a siloed challenge shuttled up and down the supply chain when only holistic and collaborative action can measure up to ...

Huge amounts of clothing are simply discarded, and almost nothing goes to reuse or recycling. But with sensors and artificial ...