Bangkok Airways continues to uphold its pledge to become a carbon-neutral airline. Its latest effort is the upcycling of its used staff uniforms to produce various goods. Bangkok Airways is the latest in a growing number of airlines that are turning towards clothing...
At a factory in Vietnam, workers load rolls of undyed polyester into a steel container connected to a storage tank that holds carbon dioxide. When pressure in the container is turned up, the carbon dioxide takes on the properties of both gas and liquid, and in turn...
Cintas recently collaborated with Honda to help give new life to end-of-life rental uniforms worn by Honda associates at their U.S. manufacturing and research and development facilities. The end-of-life uniforms were turned into special shredded fibers that were used...
Retail giant Walmart and Rubi Laboratories have announced pilot projects aiming to capture carbon emissions from manufacturers and facilities in the Walmart supply chain and convert them into a garment prototype – with zero waste. “When I toured the Rubi facility...
Midas Safety has published its second sustainability report documenting the company’s progress in continued improvements and commitment to making safety sustainable. The report covers operations in Pakistan, Sri Lanka, and Bangladesh for 2022 and outlines progress...
More than a decade ago, textile expert Juan Hinestroza landed in Xintang, China, and took a walk near a large creek. He noticed the water was a strange color – indigo blue, from highly toxic dyes, pigments and finishes dumped from a neighboring textile factory. Today,...
Plastic pollution is seemingly omnipresent in society, and while plastic bags, cups, and bottles may first come to mind, plastics are also increasingly used to make clothing, rugs, and other textiles. A new study from UC San Diego’s Scripps Institution of...
Hohenstein has added testing and certification in two new areas of protective clothing: protective suits and gloves against chemicals and against infectious agents. These are considered personal protective equipment (PPE) and therefore covered by European Regulation...
Staff at Exeter City Council Material Reclamation Facility are now wearing 100% recycled high-visibility uniforms. The state-of-the-art PPE clothing range is produced by Envriowear from post-consumer plastic bottles and is also 100% recyclable – an industry first for...
A novel technique enables researchers to chemically degrade used clothing and reuse polyester components to produce fire-resistant, anti-bacterial, or wrinkle-free coatings that may be put on garments and fabrics to make textiles more sustainable. The textile,...
General Recycled is pleased to announce that it has received its second patent with regards to closed loop recycling of meta and para-aramid workwear garments for the industrial sector. "We started General Recycled in 2012 and our research and development work has...
NAUMD network member Muhammad Usman Tariq, sales and marketing head at Midas Safety will be speaking at the Sustainable Textile and Apparel conference by Innovation Forum on April 25-26 in Amsterdam. As sustainability continues to be a critical issue in the textile...
