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 »
News Türkiye textile sector contracts sharply in 2025 ISTANBUL – Türkiye’s textile and apparel industry entered 2026 with fresh signs of contraction, after more than 4,500 companies shut Read More »
News France tells EPR operator to penalise ultra-fast fashion PARIS – The French Government has asked its Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) operator, Refashion, to propose new penalties for ultra Read More »
News Iconic Italian fashion designer Valentino dies, aged 93 LONDON – Valentino Garavani, the Italian designer whose gowns helped define post-war glamour and dressed generations of royalty and film Read More »
News Lenzing and Energie AG extend RVL deal to 2040 LENZING – Fibre maker Lenzing and Energie AG Umwelt Service have extended their partnership in Reststoffverwertung Lenzing (RVL) to the Read More »
Textiles are US’s fastest growing waste stream 30th June 2020 No Comments MICHIGAN – Discarded textiles and clothing in the United States are outpacing the growth of every other major waste stream category according to a new Read More »
150,000 have lost jobs in Cambodia garment sector 30th June 2020 No Comments BRUSSELS – More than 150,000 workers in the apparel and footwear sectors of Cambodia – mostly women – have lost their jobs as a result Read More »
Use of rPET by apparel industry plateaus 30th June 2020 No Comments TEXAS – The use of recycled polyester by the global apparel industry appears to have plateaued according to the latest annual ‘Preferred Fibres and Materials’ Read More »