15 December 20209 September 2021 Consumer Trend: Food Waste Among Materials Harvested in H&M’s Latest Collection New level of waste-upcycling with a line of clothing and accessories created from materials, including food waste, that had been destined for the trash bin
21 August 202017 August 2020 Footwear Giant To Launch Vegan Leather Sneakers Made From Wine Waste The plant-based sneakers also feature mesh made from recycled PET bottles and an algae-based EVA sole
10 February 20209 September 2021 Recycling clothing the chemical way Nina Notman explores how chemistry is poised to close the loop in clothing recycling
H&M Is Experimenting With Natural Coffee Dyes and “Leather” Made From Wine Waste Collection follows last year’s push into bio-based materials and a move way from strictly-recycled fibers
5 February 20209 November 2020 Chemical recycling solution nears commercialisation Since its inception in 2011, the depolymerisation technology has been scaled rapidly and, in 2017, was able to harness investment to the tune of €8 million under a project called ‘DEMETO’, which ends this year
29 May 201828 May 2018 Aquafil and Genomatica Collaborate on Project EFFECTIVE to Increase Adoption of Sustainable Materials A coalition of brands, ingredient manufacturers, technology developers supported by EU’s Horizon 2020 program
19 March 201815 March 2018 5 Innovations That Could Help Make Fast Fashion More Sustainable From dissolving fabric to clothes made from algae, the winners of this year’s Global Change award are trying to plot a new way forward
3 June 20162 June 2016 Fibres of the future (1): cotton and its limits Natural fibres development challenged from the inside by unsustainable production methods, and from the outside by synthetic fibres
1 April 201614 March 2025 New Plastics Economy: circular, not yet biobased New report first sketches the importance of plastics for the economy and the magnitude of the problem caused by plastic waste
8 March 20167 March 2016 Five Finnish bioeconomy innovations set to change the future Finland turn towards a low-carbon and energy-efficient society is based on the use of renewable natural resources and recyclable materials
H&M aim to make Green the new Black with new Global Change Awards Grant of €300,000 were awarded to Finnish team behind Making waste-cotton new
20 October 201417 October 2014 Bio-based clothing is becoming more popular Raw materials are running out and that is why change is necessary
