Category: Textiles, Fashion, Sports and Footwear
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Arnette Launches Bioplastic Sunglasses Collection
Arnette is making eyewear made of bioplastics or bio-acetate, including bio-lenses
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LanzaTech and Lululemon Partner on Recycled Carbon Emissions Textile
LanzaTech and lululemon partner to create the first fabric using recycled carbon emissions
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EU Product Environmental Footprint Labelling and the Australian Wool Industry
The European Union is prioritising the textiles industry to get fashion on a more sustainable track as part of it European Green Deal strategy
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Most Sustainability Claims by Fashion Giants Are Greenwash
This report investigates the behaviour of some of the biggest fashion brands and retailers regarding their use of synthetic fibres and transparency about doing so
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Actress Emma Watson and Twitter Cofounder Back Bioplastic Startup
Actress Emma Watson and Twitter’s cofounder back startup aiming to revolutionize plastic
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Tidal Vision and Leigh Fibers Partner on Biobased Textile Treatments
Tidal Vision Announces New Facility Opening & Partnership with Leigh Fibers
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Mitsubishi Chemical and Kuraray Partner on Bio Polyester
Mitsubishi Chemical Licenses Patent for Biomass-based Polyester to Kuraray Group
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SK Chemicals and Huvis Partner on Chemical Recycled Polyester Yarn
SK Chemicals and Huvis Partner on Chemical Recycled Polyester Yarn
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Solvay Launches its First Bio Textile
Bio Amni® is the latest edition to the Group’s sustainable textile fibers
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Swedish Startup Finds Circular Solution to Textile Waste (FREE)
Sharetex technology provides circular solution to process millions of tons of textile waste. This is a FREE article.
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Duvaltex Launched Ocean Plastic Textile
Last year, Duvaltex Launched Its New Ocean Waste Clean Impact Textilest Technology In Partnership With Steelcase
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Gucci Goes Bio Leather
Gucci Introduces Innovative New Demetra Material on Three Sneaker Silhouettes
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Pangaia Goes Biobased Biodegradable Fibers
What if polyester was made out of plants and seamlessly biodegraded into the Earth when you were done with it?
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Timberland Goes Regenerative Leather and Bioplastics
On the heels of Earth Day, Timberland announces important advancements in its regenerative agriculture efforts, working toward a vision for Timberland® products to have a net positive impact on Nature by 2030
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Fashion for Good Launches Renewable Carbon Textiles Project
Fashion for Good launches the Renewable Carbon Textiles Project today, bringing together a pioneering consortium to accelerate the development of Polyhydroxyalkanoates or PHA polymer fibres; a promising biosynthetic alternative to fossil based fibres with the potential to reduce carbon emissions in the fashion supply chain
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Puma Goes Bioplastics
Sugarcane And Recycled Materials: Puma Creates More Sustainable Footwear Styles
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PETA Approved Biodegradable Vegan Silk
Luxury Miami Brand niLuu Unveils Biodegradable Vegan Silk
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First Textile Palm Fibers
A consortium develops first textile palm fibers and reinforcements
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UN & EU Call for Interest Circular Plastic Packaging and Textile
Call for expressions of interest for projects on circular plastic packaging in developing countries
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Adidas and Allbirds Partner on Low Carbon Shoes
A Unique Collaboration With Allbirds To Create Futurecraft.Footprint: The Brands’ First Shoe With <3Kg Carbon Footprint
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Genomatica Survey on Sustainable Fashion
Survey: 1 in 3 U.S. consumers would do all their shopping at a sustainable clothing store, if only one existed
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Sunglass Lenses Made with Evonik Polyamides
Safilo produces first branded glasses made from Evonik’s sustainable transparent polyamide TROGAMID® myCX eCO
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Sustainability Results for Metsä Kuura Textile Fibre
Very good sustainability results for Metsä Group’s Kuura textile fibre
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US Soccer Goes Parley Ocean Shirts
MLS releases PRIMEBLUE jerseys, teams with Twitter for unique jersey swap honoring fans
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Grundens Goes PLA Packaging
Grundéns Sustainability Journey Continues with Introduction of Fully Compostable Packaging
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Hyosung Recycles Ocean Plastic into Fiber
Hyosung TNC is launching a project to save the sea with regen®, the leading eco-friendly fiber in the country
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Devan Biobased Softener and Quick Dry Finish
Devan Launches Bio-Based Softener And Quick-Dry Finish To Support Circularity Programmes
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Japan Develops Degradable BioNylons
Pepsin-degradable plastics of bionylons from itaconic and amino acids
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Nouryon and Renewcell Partner on Textile Recycling
Nouryon and Renewcell partner on sustainable textile recycling
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Real Leather vs Biobased and Fossil Leather
Comparison of the Technical Performance of Leather, Artificial Leather, and Trendy Alternatives
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UN Call for Interest on Circular Plastic Packaging and Textiles
Call for expressions of interest for projects on circular plastic packaging and textiles in developing countries
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ASDA Goes Second Hand Clothes (FREE)
Sustainable style – George at Asda launches new second-hand vintage range.
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Asics Most Sustainable Shoe
ASICS’ most environmentally sustainable cross-category collection ever uses around 5 tons of recycled textile waste alongside resource-saving production processes
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Hemp Vegan Leather
Napee is the first eco-leather made from hemp; the first in the world made entirely with waste materials from cultivation and whose entire production process does not involve the use of toxic solvents or the production of non-recyclable waste
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World First Verified Compostable Underwear
Americans did it again! Underwear that degrades in 90 days
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Origin Materials and PrimaLoft Partner on Carbon Negative Insulating Fiber
Origin Materials and PrimaLoft Form Strategic Alliance to Develop Carbon-Negative Insulating Fiber for Outdoor Gear, Bedding, and Apparel
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H&M Chemical Roadmap
Chemicals are essential to our everyday lives as well as the processes used to make clothes, such as washing, dyeing and printing. Good chemical management is crucial to ensure safe use and reuse of materials
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Sabic and Polyray Partner on Renewable Eyewear
Sabic And Polyray Collaborate To Introduce Certified Renewable Polycarbonate Into Eyewear Applications
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Origin Materials and Aeci Sans Partner on Carbon Negative Materials
Origin Materials and AECI SANS Technical Fibers to Develop Carbon-Negative Materials for Apparel and Automotive Applications
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Judge Stops Blood Plastic Shoes
Judge blocks Lil Nas X’s ‘Satan Shoes’ from shipping to customers
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German Invent First Fully Compostable Shoe
These shoes have an expiration date. I present to you the Nike Air Jesus Christ
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Can Mycelium and Mushroom Leather Biodegrade?
Will mycelium clothes biodegrade if you throw them in your garden?
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Stella Mccartney Goes Mushroom Leather Garments
The world’s first Mylo™️ garments created from vegan mushroom leather
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Fashion Industry Overview & Sustainability (FREE)
Short summary of fashion industry including history, trends, drivers and sustainability
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France Adopts More Plastic Bans
French Senate adopts new ban for four plastic products, including synthetic textiles
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AmberCycle Aims to End Fashion Waste
The ambercycle process enables true circularity for polyester by separating fibers within garments on a molecular level and reprocessing them as if they were brand new
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UGG Launches Plant Power Collection
Thoughtfully designed, the new Plant Power Collection is made with carbon neutral, plant-based materials
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MycoWorks and Hermes Partner on Fine Mycelium
An Exclusive Collaboration by Hermès and MycoWorks
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Bioplastics Fashion is Getting Real
These sequins on this dress are made from 100% bioplastic. Bioplastic fashion is no more experimental, it’s becoming wearable.
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New Biopolymer Splints for Sports
Eco-friendly splints developed for hospitals make their debut in sports
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Modo Eyewear Goes Biobased Solutions
MODO Joins Terra Carta Charter for A Sustainable Future
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Allbirds Goes Plant Based Leather
Allbirds invested $2 million in clean technology company Natural Fiber Welding (NFW) to help produce Plant Leather, which will launch before the end of the year
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Sweden Converts Cotton into Sugar
Researchers have developed a method that converts cotton into sugar, that in turn can be turned into spandex, nylon or ethanol
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Herman Miller Goes Sustainable Textiles
The textile collection, Revenio, features fabric made entirely of recycled and ocean-bound plastic materials and an industry-leading 100% post-consumer recycled biodegradable polyester
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Covestro Goes Running with CO2 Technology
Covestro has developed an innovative technology that converts the exhaust gas CO₂ into a valuable precursor for plastics, replacing up to 20 percent of fossil raw materials which are normally used.
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First Thermoplastic PU made from Post Consumer PE Waste
Novoloop Targets Footwear, Sporting Goods and Automotive Industries with World’s First High-Performance Material made from Post-Consumer Plastic Waste
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New Bio Leather Plant in US
Natural Fiber Welding Builds Dedicated Mirum® Production Facility
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Vaude Goes for Bio Nylons
Skarvan Biobased Pants – Trekking pants made of biobased polyamide PA 6.10
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2025 Recycled Polyester Challenge
Textile Exchange and the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change’s Fashion Industry Charter for Climate Action are launching a joint initiative to further spur a shift in the market towards the uptake of recycled polyester (rPET) and the associated reduction in greenhouse gases (GHGs)
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H&M, IKEA and Stora Enso Build Tree to Textile Plant
Stora Enso to host TreeToTextile’s demonstration plant for sustainable textile fiber
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DSM and Sympatex Partner on Biobased Sports Products
DSM partners with Sympatex Technologies to launch mass balanced bio-based Arnitel® specialty materials
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Black Moda Goes Woodly Bags
Black Moda is the first textile company to pack clothing in Woodly's carbon-neutral, wood-based plastic
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South Korean Bioplastic for Fashion and Cosmetics
Green Whale Global supplies compostable plastic products to fashion, cosmetic industries
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Fashion and The Fossil Connections
Today’s fashion industry has become synonymous with overconsumption, a snowballing waste crisis, widespread pollution and the exploitation of workers in global supply chains. What is less well known is that the insatiable fast fashion business model is enabled by cheap synthetic fibres, which are produced from fossil fuels, mostly oil and gas.
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Ocean Plastic Haute Couture
Iris Van Herpen creates haute couture dress from ocean plastic
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Algae Flip Flops on Business Insider
Scientists are making flip-flops out of algae that are 100% biodegradable — and it could reduce plastic pollution
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First Nike Recycled Content Performance Shoe
Is sustainability the next commercial battlefield?
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European Environment Agency on Circular Textiles
Plastic in textiles: towards a circular economy for synthetic textiles in Europe
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Renewcell and Valmet Partner on Textile Recycling in Sweden
Renewcell selects Valmet as the main equipment supplier for Sundsvall textile recycling plant in Sweden
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Millions of Bioplastic Cartridges
Green shoots: Spanish firm tackles plastic waste from shotgun cartridges
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How to Build a Circular Future for Fashion?
Making the Leap: Unlocking Asian fashion manufacturers’ capacity to drive circular innovation — SYMPHONY ENVIRONMENTAL sues the EU for breach of REACH
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New Biobased Durable Water Repellent for Textiles
Unlike other 100 per cent renewable raw materials, those used are chemically and genetically non-modified and are not used as food, feed or fuel
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Adidas Goes Sustainable Materials
Adidas: In 2021, For The First Time, More Than 60 Percent Of All Products Will Be Made With Sustainable Materials
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DSM and Clariter Partner on Chemical Recycling Solution for Dyneema
DSM and Clariter partner to pursue chemical recycling solution for Dyneema®-based end-products
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Sulzer and H&M Partner on Textile Recycling
Sulzer partners with H&M and Worn Again in developing technology for textile recycling – Sulzer Chemtech’s Division President elected Chairman of Worn Again
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H&M Ocean Plastic Collection
H&M has joined forces with Danone AQUA for the bottle2fashion project, which transforms plastic bottle waste from the shores of Indonesia into recycled polyester.
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Pangaia and Kintra Partner for Biodegradable Polyester
PANGAIA Announces Investment in Materials Science Company, Kintra Fibers
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New Fleece Technology by Toray
Improved Durability and Pilling Resistance With Dramatically Reduced Levels of Microplastic Pollution
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Breakthrough in Polyamide Fabric Recycling
For the first time ever, a new method enables the recycling of clothing containing polyamide as part of a circular system. The recycled polyamide can then be spun into new textile fibers.
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Tom Ford Ocean Plastic Watch
Tom Ford Timepieces makes first watch entirely from plastic recovered from the ocean
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Genomatica to Scale Up Bio Nylon Production
Genomatica to Scale Bio-nylon 50-Fold with Aquafil to Meet Surging Brand Demand
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First Textile to Bottle Upcycling
Carbios produces first clear plastic bottles from enzymatically recycled textile waste
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UK Textiles Circularity Centre
The Textiles Circularity Centre, funded by UK Research & Innovation (2021–24), will turn post-consumer textiles, crop residues and household waste into renewable materials for use in textiles, developing new supply chains, textile production, design and consumer experience.
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Sweden Textile Recycling Scaling Up
Behind the Sweden-based Partnership Scaling Up Textile Recycling
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Mipacha Ocean Plastic Sneakers
In this video, CEO of Mipacha, Nick de Rone Bresser, discusses the creation of its sneakers made from recycled ocean plastic.
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Mainetti Partner with UBQ on Green Coat Hangers
Mainetti Group Announces Partnership With UBQ
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Design Bioplastic Face Masks Made from Food Waste
Alice Potts makes bioplastic face shields from food waste
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