News WRAP offers blueprint for EPR scheme in UK LONDON – The UK Textiles Pact has published a ten point, industry blueprint setting out how a mandatory Extended Producer Read More »
News Researchers say new membranes could cut energy use in textile processing NANYANG – Nature-inspired filtration membranes with one nanometre pores could help textile dyehouses recycle water and cut energy use. This Read More »
News C&A puffers contain excess PFAS, Greenpeace claims VIENNA – Greenpeace Austria has accused C&A of selling ‘Iconic Puffer’ jackets containing PFAS, after laboratory tests found the chemicals Read More »
News Textile groups call for producer-led EPR governance in EU BRUSSELS – EU-based industry groups are sounding the alarm over a growing push in several EU Member States to set Read More »
News EU backs €6m pilot for textiles deposit-return scheme BRUSSELS – The European Union has launched a €6m experimental project to develop and test a deposit-return system for used Read More »
News Suppliers carry fashion’s innovation risk, report warns LONDON – Fashion’s race to scale lower impact materials and cleaner manufacturing is being slowed by a structural imbalance in Read More »
News Carrefour rolls out environmental labelling on Tex clothing PARIS – French retailer Carrefour has begun rolling out environmental labelling across a first tranche of its Tex private label Read More »
News Oeko-Tex digitises organic cotton certificates with TextileGenesis ZURICH – Oeko-Tex has partnered with TextileGenesis, a Lectra company, to digitise transaction certificates for organic cotton supply chains. The Read More »
News Reju picks NY for first US recycling plant PARIS – Textile recycler Reju has selected Rochester, New York for its first US industrial sized textile to textile recycling Read More »
Euratex backs calls to block EU’s dangerous chemicals database 13th December 2018 No Comments BRUSSELS – Industry lobbyists, including representatives from the textile industry, are trying to kill a tool intended to allow citizens to trace harmful chemicals in Read More »
2018 Year in Review 13th December 2018 No Comments Our rundown of the key trends and issues in global apparel and textile industries in 2018… Feeling the heat The fashion industry is finally Read More »