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WEBSPONSORED CONTENT - The garment and textile industry is known for its high water consumption, which annually uses 79 trillion litres of water 1 – enough to meet the needs of 27% of the world’s population under WHO standards. It’s estimated that fashion also contributes significantly to global industrial wastewater, posing risks to both ...
Novetex launches textile upcycling system - Ecotextile News
WEBJul 25, 2019 · HONG KONG – Novetex Textiles has opened The Billie System, its new Tai Po textile mill, the first in Hong Kong in over half a century. A key component of this mill is a waterless system which upcycles textile waste. The system is almost entirely automated, and able to process up to three tonnes of recycled fibre per day, which according to ...
Canopy reveals 2020 Hot Button rankings
WEBOct 29, 2020 · VANCOUVER - Environmental non-profit Canopy has revealed its 2020 Hot Button rankings of the work of global viscose producers to protect ancient and endangered forests. The list shows a significant jump in the volume of man-made cellulosic fibre (MMCF) manufactured by producers with 'green shirt’ rankings with these manufacturers accounting for 52 per cent of quantities globally.
TESTEX - your partner for OEKO-TEX® certification
WEBFeb 1, 2024 · OEKO-TEX® RESPONSIBLE BUSINESS is a management tool to meet due diligence requirements in the textile and leather industry. It certifies the management system of a company with a step-by-step approach to integrating human rights and environmental criteria into their management processes, allowing them to fulfil their due diligence obligations ...
India textile sector weighs up CO2 dyeing
WEBJan 18, 2019 · GUJARAT – Waterless textile dyeing using super-critical CO 2 technology could be coming to India for the first time, with Dutch engineering company DyeCoo confirming to Ecotextile News that it’s in talks with several Indian textile companies – including Arvind Mills – to ship new dyeing technology to the region.. DyeCoo technology, which has been in commercial use in mills in Thailand ...
Outland Denim opens up factories to other brands
WEBAug 7, 2020 · TAMBORINE MOUNTAIN - Sustainable brand Outland Denim has revealed plans to open up its Cambodian manufacturing facilities to other brands in its first sustainability report. The Australian company also aims to establish an in-house standard for sustainability - the Maeka Standard - which will focus on "jeans that are made without slavery, poor ...
Fashion for Good launches innovation programme
WEBMar 15, 2022 · FFG welcomes innovators to new scaling project . AMSTERDAM – Sustainability initiative Fashion for Good (FFG) has selected eight burgeoning innovators to take part in its 2022 Global Innovation Programme, which will provide bespoke support to help validate and prepare their respective technologies for scale.
Circular.Fashion backs push for digital product passports
WEBOct 17, 2022 · BRUSSELS – Technology company Circular.Fashion has joined CIRPASS, a new initiative vying to accelerate the development and deployment of digital product passports (DPPs) on textiles, electronics and batteries. Funded by the European Commission under its Digital Europe programme, the framework has thus far brought together 30 partners ...
Archroma's Diresul® Evolution Black liq | Partner News | News
WEBJun 5, 2023 · Diresul® Evolution Black liq leverages on Archroma's cutting-edge synthesis technology to develop a sulfur black dye that outshines standard alternatives in terms of its impact on key sustainability indicators. It delivers 57%* impact reduction on synthesis of evolution black when compared to the traditional sulfur black 1 liquid.
Research team explores elastane recycling - Ecotextile News
WEBJan 15, 2024 · Research team explores elastane recycling. AARHUS - A research team from the Interdisciplinary Nanoscience Center at Aarhus University in Denmark have developed a method for separating elastane to enable recycling. Issues around the separation of nylon and elastane yarns have being proving problematic for the textile recycling industry for many ...
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