Buttons, zippers and threads literally hold garments together, but they also disrupt preprocessing that needs to happen at ...

Amsterdam-based Fashion for Good has launched its Sorting for Circularity USA report. The report covers consumer disposal behavior, textile waste composition and the potential for fiber-to-fiber ...

Global Clothing and Textile Recycling Market to Reach USD 20.2 Billion by 2031, Driven by Circular Economy Initiatives | Valuates Reports ...

In 2015, Denmark-based nonprofit Global Fashion Agenda estimated that 92 million tons of textile waste were generated worldwide annually, and the Ellen MacArthur Foundation, based in the United ...

Scientists in Vienna have developed a feasible and up-scalable process for separating elastane, also known as spandex, from textile waste, the first of its kind ever formulated. Working with six ...

One of the pain points that has thwarted textile-to-textile recycling at scale is the preponderance of elastane that’s ...

The Dutch textile industry stands at a crossroads. Fast fashion and overconsumption are driving an ever-growing mountain of waste, while the Netherlands is committed to achieving a fully circular ...

Data shortfalls threaten EU textile recycling targets as policymakers and industry warn of delayed progress on circular ...

Until now, old clothes have mainly been incinerated. Using adapted processes from paper production, it is possible to recover ...

Macroeconomic trends, including cooling inflation and continued commodity headwinds, are expected to impact the industry.