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17 October 202311 October 2023

New tech makes bio-based leather from leather waste

The research project reProLeather has resulted in a new technology to separate the chromium VI from the shredded leather fibres and create a bio-based alternative to PU and PVC binders


12 October 20236 October 2023

LUNAFORM™, a new kind of biomaterial, unveiled by Balenciaga at Paris Fashion Week

Gozen introduces an otherworldly vision for sustainable fashion


11 October 20237 October 2023

The State of Fashion & Textile Circularity in WA (Western Australia)

New report has been prepared by WA Circular Fashion Consortium (WACFC) at Curtin University and advances the Circular Economy based action within the local clothing industry


Natural Kimberley fibre could be the answer to improving WA’s fashion sustainability

The Curtin University-led State of Fashion and Textile Circularity in WA 2023 report highlighted how the state's charitable sector has been burdened by masses of low-quality textile waste


10 October 202310 October 2023

Spinning a sustainable fashion revolution: meet the physicists turning wood into clothes

How Spinnova today transforms cellulose from Forest Stewardship Council (FSC)-certified wood into textile fibre without using any chemicals


6 October 20232 October 2023

Fashioning a Greener Future

In this article, we explore the EU Strategy for Sustainable and Circular Textiles, as well as topics within the fashion industry that need addressing, such as the urgent necessity for textile-to-textile recycling and the illegal export of waste


21 September 202321 September 2023

A Broad Range of Advanced Recycling Technologies Keeps Carbon in the Loop 

Register now: The Advanced Recycling Conference 2023, November 28-29, 2023 in Cologne, Germany and online


12 September 20237 September 2023

The upcyclers from Münster – a visit

By putting the ideas of the circular economy into practice, the start-up eeden is showing that sustainability and innovation can go hand in hand


7 September 202331 August 2023

100 percent recycling: spinning used textiles into high-quality yarns

To find the right processes for each material the German Institutes of Textile and Fiber Research Denkendorf (DITF) and the Saxon Textile Research Institute (STFI) now have developed a new test routine for this purpose


6 September 202330 August 2023

Plant-Based Plastics Gain Favor as Companies Pursue Sustainability Goals

Bioplastics production is now growing 14% a year, putting them on track to reach up to 3% of the plastics market in the next five years


30 August 202325 August 2023

Hartshorn salt and “baking” solves a serious environmental problem

A group of young chemists from the University of Copenhagen has invented a green and surprisingly simple solution to separate and recycle polyester fabric blends


29 August 202324 August 2023

Recover™ and Lands’ End Collaborate to Transform Textile Waste Into Sustainble Denim

This collaboration shows how textile waste can be integrated back into the system to create a more sustainable production model


16 August 202311 August 2023

MycoWorks to Open World’s First Commercial-Scale Fine Mycelium™ Plant In September

136,000 Square Foot Facility to Scale Production of Luxury Leather Alternative Reishi™


10 August 20234 August 2023

Glaukos develops biobased textile fibres to tackle plastic pollution

The EU-funded project is developing eco-designed fishing gear and clothing, and will scale up its production process


8 August 202315 November 2023

Stockholm University leads Bio-LUSH for development of new sustainable bio-based fibers for a circular bioeconomy

The four-year Bio-LUSH project, launched in May 2023, supports the establishment of a sustainable bio-fibrous economy and manufacturing sector in Europe


21 July 202319 July 2023

Regenerative Agriculture Outcome Framework

Textile Exchange’s Regenerative Agriculture Outcome Framework lays out the key indicators that make for a regenerative system – encouraging collaboration by including expectations for both brands and growers


19 July 202313 July 2023

Can Cellulose Fibers Fill the Cotton Gap?

Cellulose as a Raw Material Could Be the Answer to Future Textile Demand


11 July 20236 July 2023

Field to fiber hemp technology

An advanced industrial hemp processing line has been delivered to a major customer in Turkey by Tatham, who had many discussions about its machinery for the processing of natural staple fibers at the recent ITMA 2023 in Milan/Italy


28 June 202322 June 2023

A global first for circularity: Södra and Lenzing receive largest EU LIFE subsidy for recycling project

EU funding for textile recycling project on an industrial scale. Huge boost to circularity. Lenzing and Södra – a long-standing partnership for systemic change


27 June 202321 June 2023

The future of fabrics – UPM and VAUDE think beyond recycling

UPM Biochemicals and VAUDE, a sustainable and innovative supplier of outdoor apparel, will produce outerwear made with bio-based chemicals and demonstrate that the textile industry can start the shift towards renewable materials today


16 June 202313 June 2023

Lenzing introduces industry’s first innovation to mitigate discoloration of cellulosic-based garments during heat molding

The new solution will first be applicated at targets innerwear and subsequently outerwear and ready-to-wear garments


13 June 20237 June 2023

White paper: New guide to the future of plastics

Balance ranging from plastics reduction to a sustainable use of recyclable plastics


“Opening Ceremony of the Christian Doppler Laboratory for Cellulose High-Tech Materials”

The Christian Doppler Labor for Cellulose High-Tech Materials receives funding from four industrial partners and from the Federal Ministry Republic of Austria of Labour and Economy


9 June 20237 June 2023

Woodspin ramps up production of sustainable, wood-based SPINNOVA® fibre at new zero-emission factory

The first commercial facility producing SPINNOVA® fibre is scaling up production to 1,000 tonnes of sustainable textile fibre annually


2 June 202312 September 2023

5 projects that explore different uses for bioplastics

Can bioplastics be utilized to wean the world off fossil fuels? Brands and designers continue their search and show us how


1 June 202331 May 2023

ECOFUSE™ Plant Based Nonwoven Materials to Reduce GHG Emissions

Reduction estimated at approximately 3,750 MT CO2 Per Year, Growing to Over 10,000 MT CO2 by Year 2030


23 May 202317 May 2023

GRETE project: textiles from wood

The GRETE project has developed new and better technologies for wood pulp modification and it also improved cellulose dissolution and generation of high-quality textile fibres


22 May 202311 May 2023

Dole found a new use for all of its discarded pineapple leaves: vegan leather

Piñatex - from Dole, Ananas Anam, and creative agency L&C - is a winner in Fast Company’s 2023 World Changing Ideas Awards


17 May 202311 May 2023

Fungus Fashion: Self-Healing Vegan Leather Could Revolutionize Sustainability

Your clothes in the future could be a living, self-repairing material


15 May 20239 May 2023

REVECOL® by ERCA, the circular revolution takes a step forward

For the first time, this step of the textile supply chain can thus also make use of materials with a circular approach


9 May 20234 May 2023

Tester introduces bipartisan bill to deregulate industrial hemp

The Industrial Hemp Act would loosen testing restrictions and other regulations for varieties of hemp plants grown for industrial purposes, like fiber, grain, biofuel or 'hempcrete'


5 May 20232 May 2023

CELLUN – a fiber composite made from biopolymers

For the production of CELLUN, the reinforcing component is combined from non-fusible cellulose fibers as well as thermoplastic derivatized cellulose fibers as matrix to form a hybrid roving


4 May 202328 April 2023

AMSilk Announces Extension of Series C Financing to EUR 54M

Proceeds from the financing will enable the company to accelerate the ongoing scale-up of its industrialization and commercialization projects worldwide, to meet the ever-increasing demand for its innovative materials


28 April 202325 April 2023

Environmental impacts of wood-based textile fibres

Future studies should take into consideration the differences in properties of wood-based textile fibres and their non-wood counterparts


26 April 202321 April 2023

ANDRITZ, Nouvelles Fibres Textiles and Pellenc ST enter partnership for an innovative approach in textile recycling

New ANDRITZ partnership sets a major milestone in industrial-scale recycling technology for textile circularity


21 April 202318 April 2023

AIMPLAS participates in a new EU project bringing to the market high-quality polyester textile products from the valorisation of CO2 waste streams

New European project demonstrate its first-of-its-kind technology producing commercially viable sustainable PET textile products from CO2 waste streams at industrial scale


12 April 20236 April 2023

Banning greenwashing: new EU rules to ReSet the Trend in the fashion sector

Greenwashing is particularly prevalent in the fashion industry: a recent screening of green claims in the textile, garment and shoe sector suggested that 39% could be false or deceptive


6 April 20235 April 2023

EU exports of used textiles in Europe’s circular economy

The common public perception of used clothing donations as generous gifts to people in need does not fully match reality


5 April 20233 April 2023

New wood-based technology removes 80 percent of dye pollutants in wastewater

New method, developed by researchers from Chalmers University, can easily purify contaminated water using a cellulose-based material


4 April 20233 April 2023

New development stage at Metsä Group’s demo plant for the Kuura® textile fibre

Metsä Group’s innovation company Metsä Spring is developing a new method for using Metsä Group’s softwood pulp to produce the Kuura textile fibre


30 March 202327 March 2023

Avantium and Kvadrat sign offtake agreement for the development of PEF for interior textiles

The offtake agreement gives Kvadrat the advantage of being first mover in creating PEF-based textiles for both commercial and residential interiors


28 March 202328 March 2023

Researchers Separate Cotton From Polyester in Blended Fabric

The North-Carolina-State-University scientists use a “cocktail” of enzymes in a mildly acidic solution to chop up cellulose in cotton so it will “fall out” of the blended woven structure


27 March 202324 March 2023

Six Materials Nominated for the Innovation Award “Renewable Material of the Year 2023”

New materials will enable sustainable products in areas such as textiles, cosmetics, packaging, as well as elastic and biodegradable materials for a variety of applications. Participants at the “Renewable Materials Conference” will vote for the winners


20 March 202315 March 2023

Carbios joins Ellen MacArthur Foundation’s circular economy network and aims to “make plastic waste and pollution a thing of the past”

Carbios fully adheres to Ellen MacArthur Foundation’s vision for a circular economy for plastic. Its revolutionary biorecycling and biodegradation technologies already match the actions defined by the Foundation


16 March 202313 March 2023

Circa enables sustainable textile recycling with Textile Change

With Cyrene™, Textile Change is expecting to achieve a safe, low carbon, less energy intense process, while ensuring a high yield that will address increasing market demand for recycled textiles


15 March 202314 March 2023

Bacteria-Based Cellulose Fibre NullarborTM (“No Trees“) Wins “Cellulose Fibre Innovation of the Year 2023” Award Against Strong Competition

The collaboration between Nanollose (AU) and Birla Cellulose (IN) with tree-free lyocell from bacterial cellulose called Nullarbor™ is the winning cellulose fibre innovation 2023, followed by Renewcell (SE) cellulose fibres made from 100 % textile waste, while Vybrana – the new generation banana fibre from Gencrest Bio Products (IN) won third place


13 March 20238 March 2023

CELLIANT with REPREVE Shortlisted for Drapers Sustainable Fashion Award

Drapers noted this year was the highest number of entries they’ve ever received and it truly is an honor as the sustainable textile space becomes more competitive


9 March 20236 March 2023

Textile microplastics: New standard assesses fibre release, biodegradation and ecotoxicity for the first time

Studies have shown that washing textiles releases microfibres into the wash water, which cannot be sufficiently retained by wastewater treatment plants


8 March 20231 March 2023

Can clothes ever be fully recycled?

The world's first commercial-scale textile recycling mill is a milestone in tackling fashion's colossal waste problem


7 March 20232 March 2023

Spinnova: Woodspin plant completed in 2022

The factory has started up and has been producing fibers since February 2023 - company has already drawn up business plans for a second plant

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