textile recycling
Ravel Raises $8.2M to Tackle Fashion’s Elastane Problem
The Seattle startup says its purification process can remove elastane and dyes while preserving the polyester…
DOE Backs Protein Evolution’s Polyester-Eating Enzymes with $3M
The federal project pairs Protein Evolution with Xytel and a national lab to push PET textile recycling…
Textile Recycling Needs Billions. Investors Want Guarantees.
Europe's recyclers need brands to move beyond targets and make the long-term purchasing commitments required…
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Material World: Lycra Masks Sweat; Corn Takes Aim at PFAS
UT Austin tests a biobased textile finish, Donghua cools polyester dyeing and DITF turns retired wind blades…
Can Polyester Be Recycled Without Destroying the Spandex?
A new solvent system recovered PET building blocks at roughly 99 percent purity while leaving more than 96…
Aalto Researchers Tackle Cotton Recycling’s Color Problem
A two-step treatment removed up to 99.3 percent of reactive dye while preserving most fiber strength, but…
Circ Taps Shenghong to Spin Recycled Polyester at Scale
The Chinese fiber giant will buy the recycler's PET chip and turn it into filament yarn, though the companies…
Fullerton Backs Usha Yarns’ Expansion in Recycled Fiber Production
The funds will add capacity and traceability as textile waste still accounts for less than 1 percent of…
Which Countries Are Best at Circularity? New Study Highlights Textile Recycling Leaders
The study also looked at the secondhand clothing market.
Material World: Carbios Validates Technology’s Use Case for Textile Recycling
Researchers developed a "super silk" with less shrinking, and Remade funds textile circularity research…
‘Edge of the Tsunami’: Pakistan’s EPZ Shakeup Could Disrupt Global Secondhand Clothing Trade
By September, the government could remove the so-called "80/20 rule" that allows Export Processing Zones to…
Goodwill Collaborates with Universities on Waste Diversion Project
Western and Fanshawe researchers collaborated on a project that would transform clothing waste into materials…
As Sustainability Concerns Rise, Consumers Favor Cotton as the Safest Fiber
Awareness of microplastic waste in the oceans remains steady at 45 percent of global consumers.
EXCLUSIVE: The UK Plant Turning Polyester Waste Into New Yarn Is Now GRS-Certified
Project Re:claim, which is turning polyester-rich textile waste into new yarn, is now backed by Global…
Re&Up Hits B Corp Milestone
It means the textile-to-textile recycler is certified to balance financial profit with positive impacts on…