Ugandan researchers are transforming discarded banana stems into textiles, hair extensions and sanitary pads, positioning the East African nation to capitalize on growing global demand for sustainable ...

An environmental assessment of textile fibre pollution has found natural textile fibres persist in lake sediments, and could ...

In the German research project bioPEtex, BB Engineering (BBE) is working with other partners to develop textiles made from 100% bio-based polyethylene (PE). The aim is to make use of this polymer, ...

Diverse Post-Industrial/Consumer textile waste finds new purpose through PurFi’s revolutionary circular fiber technologies. Concordia Textiles continues to innovate in textile manufacturing space ...

Textile‑to‑textile recycler Circulose joins Spinnova’s ecosystem (consortium) to help advance the scale‑up of Spinnova’s technology. Spinnova has actively sought partners to accelerate commercial ...

Verretex SA, an EPFL spin-off pioneering regenerated glass-fibre textiles, and Ryse Energy, a global manufacturer of small wind turbines and hybrid off-grid systems, announced on 2 September that they ...

It is rare to encounter a technology that is so disruptive that it has the potential to generate a paradigm shift, and I had that opportunity last month when I interviewed Suzanne DeVall, founder and ...

Industry sources said the surge in the cost of key inputs used in textile processing and garment manufacturing is already beginning to ripple across the supply chain in the Tiruppur ...

A cross-disciplinary team at Rice University has developed a new type of electric heating element—one that looks less like a ...

You’d be forgiven for thinking that the fashion industry is becoming more sustainable, but the opposite is true. The media is awash with ‘sustainable’ materials and rental and resale options, but how ...