Stacy Flynn has spent a decade waiting for the fashion industry to commit to recycling old clothes. This week, she got tired of waiting. On …
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Worldview: Argentina’s Textile Industry Crisis
🇦🇷 Argentina’s manufacturing hub loses 100,000 textile industry jobs. Mario Giambattistelli, president of a local industry body based in Rosario, the largest city in the …
‘Textile zombie’ v fossil fashion: the battle to clean up the clothing industry in 2023 | Fashion
The year 2023 has been one of hyper-fast fashion, extreme price tags (both high and low), and toxic spills of polyester clothing. It was the …
‘The missing link’: is textile recycling the answer to fashion’s waste crisis? | Fashion
The sun is always shining in the Swedish seaside town of Sundsvall, according to the staff of Renewcell, the world’s first commercial-scale textile-to-textile recycling factory. …
EU Wants All Textile Waste Regulations Ready by 2028
The European Commission wants all planned regulations requiring fashion companies to produce clothes in a more sustainable way to be in place by 2028, the …
EU’s Used Textile Exports Tripled Over the Last Two Decades
Nearly 1.7 million tonnes of used fabric were exported to other countries — primarily in Asia and Africa — in 2019, but whether they are …
India’s Textile Industry Faces Tough Times as Consumers Cut Spending
India’s $200 billion textile and apparel industry is facing a crisis as consumers in the United States, Europe and other big markets have cut spending on clothing …
Fast-fashion giant Shein pledges $15m for textile waste workers in Ghana | Global development
Chinese fashion behemoth Shein might be the organisation least expected to win applause at an international conference on fashion sustainability, but that’s what happened at …
China Aims to Recycle 25% of Textile Waste By 2025
As well as recycling a quarter of the 22 million tonnes of textile waste accrued each year, the country is looking to produce two million …
Taipei Fashion Week Highlights Textile Innovation Alongside Design
Even though it has a relatively small fashion market, Taiwan remains a leader in high-tech textile manufacturing, an industry strength that was emphasised at the …
Boohoo opens in-house Textile & Apparel Laboratory
Boohoo has opened an in-house Textile & Apparel Laboratory in a link with TÜV Rheinland. It’s at the Manchester HQ and “will allow for fast, efficient, …