Recycling garments made from multiple fibre types has long posed a technical challenge for the textile industry. Without processes to separate and recover individual materials, such products have typically been sent for incineration or landfill.
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65 European and French civil society organisations have called on the European Commission to support a draft French law that seeks to rein in the most harmful commercial practices in the fashion sector, with an open letter published today.
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Hosokawa Alpine has developed a new solution for the sustainable recycling of textile waste.
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A major European research initiative coordinated by Fraunhofer Umsicht has been launched to develop integrated solutions for textile waste recycling.
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Haelixa has enabled New Focus Textiles to provide forensic proof of recycled cotton content across its textile-to-textile manufacturing operations. This marks a significant move towards evidence-based verification in recycled material sourcing, addressing one of the main credibility gaps in the circular materials market.
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At K show in Düsseldorf, Erema Group has announced a strategic investment in clean technology company BlockTexx. The company has developed a process that separates polyester and cellulose from blended textiles.
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The European Parliament gave its final green light to new measures to prevent and reduce waste from food and textiles across the EU.
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PoliticsTextilesVehicles
EEB: Parliament votes on key waste and vehicle laws, but falls short of real solutions
Today the European Parliament voted on two crucial laws: one to tackle food and textile waste, and another to reduce the environmental footprint of vehicles from design to disposal.
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Construction & demolitionTextiles
Partnership to scale circular building products from used textiles
Greenful Group has partnered with the Professional Clothing Industry Association Worldwide (PCIAW). The aim is to convert textile and plastic waste from industry into recyclable building materials.
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Cellulose-based textile materials can make the clothing sector more sustainable. Currently, cellulose-based textiles are mainly made from wood, but a study headed by researchers from Chalmers University of Technology in Sweden points to the possibility of using agricultural waste from wheat and oat. The method is easier and requires fewer chemicals than manufacturing forest-based cellulose, and can enhance the value of waste products from agriculture.
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Mobile solutions for reliable identification and a polyamide 6 recycled exclusively from textile waste: BASF and its subsidiary Trinamix will be showcasing processes for sorting, recycling and the circular economy in the textile industry at the Textiles Recycling Expo.
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