A new chemical process separates mixed textile waste and produces components that can be reused (Sci. Adv. 2024, DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.ado6827). After their lifetime of use, most discarded clothes ...
A new textile recycling process holds the promise of cleaning up the planet and boosting the circular economy. It easily separates cotton from polyester, producing usable glucose from the former and ...
Each year, more than 60 percent of textiles produced globally are made from blended fibers, yet less than 1 percent of these materials are effectively recycled. The issue stems from the source, of ...
The early-stage textile-to-textile company specializes in processing polyester and poly-elastane scrap to introduce textile-derived PET into the fashion industry. Ravel's process turns polyester and ...
A Virginia, United States-based clean technology startup is applying its unique hydrothermal processing technology to treat previously hard-to-recycle textiles made out of blends of polyester and ...
To become a Vogue Business Member and receive the Sustainability Edit newsletter, click here. Stella McCartney has partnered with recycling startup Protein Evolution Inc (PEI) on a new venture that ...
In 2015, Denmark-based nonprofit Global Fashion Agenda estimated that 92 million tons of textile waste were generated worldwide annually, and the Ellen MacArthur Foundation, based in the United ...