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...
The Network Association of Uniform Manufacturers & Distributors (NAUMD) today announced the launch of the Uniform Sustainability Collaborative (USC), a new industry initiative to promote sustainable, circular uniform design, production and consumption. In...
Inside bioreactors in its new lab in London, the startup Modern Synthesis uses sugar from plant waste along with microbes to grow “microbial textiles,” which could eventually help replace both leather and synthetic fabric made from fossil fuels. “What we’re trying to...
In the United States, an estimated 15 million tons of textiles end up in landfills or are burned every year. This waste, amounting to 85 percent of the textiles produced in a year, is a growing environmental problem. But recycling textiles isn’t always easy. Those...
Testing service provider Hohenstein has worked with partners to create a new standardized test method for detecting and classifying the environmental effects of textiles during washing. DIN SPEC 4872 combines analysis of fiber release, biodegradability and...
Unifi, makers of REPREVE and one of the world’s leading innovators in recycled and synthetic yarns, last week released its Sustainability Report for fiscal 2022. The Report provides expanded insight into UNIFI’s industry leading sustainability strategy and the...
