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Concrete action against textile waste in Europe arrives

Specific measures will include ecodesign requirements for textiles, clearer information, a Digital Product Passport and a mandatory EU extended producer responsibility scheme. As part of a new package of European Green Deal proposals to make...
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Accelerating Circularity updates USA trial status and partners

USA Accelerating Circularity, Inc. (ACP) embarked on trials in the USA in the fourth quarter of 2021 to demonstrate that spent textiles are too good to waste. The organization’s mission is to establish systems that...
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Report finds industry-wide greenwashing

Sustainability certification schemes and voluntary initiatives serve as a smokescreen it is alleged. Certification schemes, labels and industry initiatives aimed at steering the fashion industry onto a greener course are actually acting as a smokescreen...
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Woolmark Performance Challenge 2021/22 innovations and winners

Hong Kong Challenge encourages innovative thinking resulting in ground-breaking ideas whilst fostering the education and development of the next generation of game-changers. The Woolmark Company, On and SALEWA have announced the prize winners and 12 innovative...
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Prioritising traceable and carbon positive fibres in Vietnam

Vietnam Fashion Enterprise extends partnership with Fibretrace and Good Earth Cotton to advocate carbon positive and traceable solutions for textiles and fashion. Vietnam-based manufacturer, Fashion Enterprise, has extended its partnership with Fibretrace and Good Earth...
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Filo puts the spotlight on fibres

Milan Milan show offers certain amount of optimism and a business-like agenda, despite gathering international uncertainties. Filo 57 Milan, February 23- 24 in the modern setting of the MiCo centre introduced Autumn Winter 2023/4. It was...
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Eight new innovators promoted by Fashion for Good

Developing technologies that can scale with major brands. Amsterdam Amsterdam-based Fashion for Good is welcoming eight innovative companies into its 2022 Global Innovation Programme. They are: Dyerecycle (UK), which is working on technology to recycle both dyes...
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Circular textile sourcing event returns to Melbourne

Melbourne, Australia RAW TO A T by RawAssembly, is a responsible, regenerative, and circular sourcing event for the fashion and textiles sectors. Designed to increase awareness of sustainable solutions and to drive forward new collaborations and...
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Winners of Shima Seiki student competition announced

Castle Donnington, United Kingdom Shima Seiki Europe’s student competition awards two weeks industry specialist training to two knitwear students. Shima Seiki Europe has named the winners of its annual student competition. The UK based company’s Student...
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Women in Textiles Summit reconvenes

Braselton, GA, USA Women in textile industry reconvene at summit, leave enriched, energized, empowered. Enriching, empowering and energizing. These are just some of the attendee descriptions of the Industrial Fabric Association International's (IFAI’s) Women in Textiles...