Traceable linen - bast of both worlds | Features | News
网页16 小时之前 · Traceable linen - bast of both worlds. With more brands sourcing linen in their spring collections this year, causing prices to triple in recent months, the European flax sector sees opportunities to offer fully traceable linen fabrics free from contamination with hemp or other bast fibres. Although Europe still remains the world’s leading ...
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网页2024年10月1日 · Reju's 1,000 tonne…. COPENHAGEN - Danish fashion company Bestseller says its 'Only' brand has more than doubled its sourcing of organic cotton sourced from African farmers via the Cotton made in Africa (CmiA) programme since last year. Only sourced almost 3,400 tonnes…. LONDON - Burberry has …
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网页SPONSORED CONTENT- The garment and textile industry is known for its high water consumption, which annually uses 79 trillion litres of water 1 – enough to meet the needs of 27% of the world’s population under WHO standards. It’s estimated that fashion also contributes significantly to global industrial wastewater, posing risks to both human health and aquatic life if untreated.
China textile initiative to combat GHG emissions
网页2021年11月19日 · BEIJING – As many as 57 Chinese textile and fashion companies have come together to launch the ‘Climate Stewardship Accelerating Plan’, a new nationwide initiative with a mission statement of achieving climate neutrality. The framework appears similar to the existing United Nations’ Fashion Charter, which aligns industry stakeholders ...
Meet the innovators turning CO2 into textiles | Features | News
网页2022年7月20日 · Meet the innovators turning CO2 into textiles. With fashion's carbon footprint recently estimated at roughly two per cent of the global total, turning greenhouse gases into textiles sounds like the holy grail in terms of reducing the industry's impact on climate change. However, a small but growing number …
New plant for corn-based polyester intermediate | Materials ...
网页1 天前 · LAFAYETTE – Chemical manufacturer Sustainea is partnering with plant-based ingredient supplier Primient on a $400 million facility to produce bio-based MEG (monoethylene glycol), a key ingredient in the polyester manufacturing process. The deal will see Primient supply corn dextrose from its facility in Lafayette, Indiana, to Sustainea’s ...
The Microfibre Consortium posts progress report | Materials ...
网页1 天前 · BRISTOL – The Microfibre Consortium (TMC) has published a new update on progress towards its goal of eliminating the impact of fibre fragmentation from textiles on the environment by 2030. TMC's new report charts the progress of the initiative between June 2022 and June 2024, outlines its latest research insights and makes a new appeal for ...
Ecotextile News explores innovation challenges
网页2024年3月19日 · WAKEFIELD - The new edition of our Ecotextile News magazine - due out next week - considers some of the challenges of scaling innovations in the textiles industry following the demise of Swedish recycling pioneer Renewcell.. Our editor John Mowbray argues that the collapse of Renewcell - which was declared bankrupt at the end of last month - was the result of a combination of failure by brands ...
EU sustainable textiles strategy unveiled - Ecotextile News
网页2022年3月30日 · BRUSSELS - The European Union's highly awaited Strategy for Sustainable and Circular Textiles has today been unveiled among a package of European Green Deal proposals aimed at making "sustainable products the norm".
Oeko-Tex tackles recycled fibres, carbon and water
网页2021年1月5日 · ZURICH – As part of the regular annual updates to its testing criteria and limit values, Oeko-Tex has included an approach to integrate recycled materials as part of its Standard by 100 along with the systemic integration of the carbon and water footprint into its ‘Made in Green’ traceability standard. Other updates include changes to ...