Category: Textiles, Fashion, Sports and Footwear
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RadiciGroup Sponsors Italian Football Team
The official UEFA group stage draw ceremony was held in the Principality of Monaco.
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Lenzing Fibers Certified as Fully Biodegradable in Water, Soil and Compost
Viscose, Modal and Lyocell fibers certified by the independent research laboratory Organic Waste Systems.
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Eyewear Made from Corn Starch, Corn Husk, Mushroom, Potato Waste and Hair
Corn husks, wool and yoghurt pots are some of the materials used in a series of experimental spectacles by British…
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Fashion Houses Launch Fashion Pact to Improve Green Credentials
Coalition of 32 companies will present its Fashion Pact at the G7 summit in Biarritz.
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New Biodegradable T-shirt Made From Plants and Algae
Another new month, another new experimental garment from the inimitable creative apparel powerhouse that is VolleBak… except this time they…
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Bioplastic Trends in Eyewear
From organic lenses to eco-friendly suppliers, fashion eyewear is embracing a greener approach to manufacturing.
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Braskem Launches Bioplastics Shoes
One year after its launch, the biobased EVA gains in first application in children’s footwear.
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Sequins Are Terrible for the Environment. Plant-Based Sequins Are Now Available
These plant-based sequins will decompose instead of ending up in the ocean, where conventional sequins can be swallowed by fish…
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Irish Lidle To Sell Seaweed Underwear
This is the next step in sustainable fashion – sustainable undies!
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Biodegradable Clay Targets
Modern clay targets aren’t clay. Most include ingredients, including a petroleum-based binder, that are not environmentally friendly.
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Is Vegan Leather Better?
Is vegan leather an ethical, sustainable alternative – or just plastic in a new wrapping?
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Adidas and Stella McCartney Launch Biodegradable Dress
aAidas by Stella McCartney pilots recyclable hoodie and biodegradable dress.
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Kanye West Will Launch Biodegradable Shoes Made From Algae
YEEZY Is Working on Biodegradable Shoes Made of Algae.
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The First Skis Made From Algae Bioplastics
The First Skis Made from Algae Bioplastics were launched by Americans.
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First Clothes Made From Bioplastics
The EcoRain Poncho is made using 99% Brazilian sugarcane bioplastic.
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Will Bioplastics Make Surfboards Eco-Friendly?
Surfboards are not as eco-friendly as you might think. Could bio-based materials and new technological developments help?
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Prada To Launch Ocean Plastic Collection
Prada has announced plans to launch a collection of nylon bags made from recycled plastic.
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Canadians Invent Biodegradable Shoes Made From Plants
Instead of tossing these in the trash when you wear them through, drop them in your compost bin, where they’ll…
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YFAI Pursues Lignin as an Alternative to ABS
Yanfeng Automotive Interiors (YFAI) has obtained the exclusive use of the lignin-based material developed by Prisma Renewable Composites for automotive…
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Bedding Made From Eucalyptus
New York homeware brand Buffy has launched a comforter made entirely of eucalyptus pulp, reducing its ecological footprint while also…
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Game-Changing Biodegradable Clean Impact Textiles
It’s not every day that a genuinely disruptive new product enters the marketplace. But an innovative new collection of textiles…
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Biodegradable Plant Based Leather Welded Together From Waste
Mirum is the latest entry in the attempt to make a cheap, sustainable cow-free leather.
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Bags Made From Algae
The Mobius line of bags from tentree uses foam made from algae.
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Bioplastics Eyewear
Smell-O-Vision (ABOVE) After a successful 2018 Kickstarter campaign, Ochis Coffee eyewear, a collection of sunglasses made from organic coffee and…
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Plant-Based and Biodegradable Sneakers
Parisian shoe brand proves that vegan style can be sustainable, not just ethical.
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Bioplastics Hockey Fields for Tokyo Olympic Games 2020
In 2016 the International Hockey Federation announced a partnership with SportGroup’s leading brand, Polytan, as World Cup and Olympic Partner…
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Castor Oil As Substitute for Recycled Plastics in the Textiles Industry
Picture Organic Clothing introduces their first partially bio-based membrane, Pebax Renew, made from castor oil.
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Will US Replace France as the Blue Bioplastic Leader?
BETO, the US Energy Department’s Bioenergy Technologies Office will invest $80 million in 36 advanced bioeconomy projects, among which blue…
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Will Ikea Disrupt the Textile Industry?
PRESS RELEASE – Stora Enso partners with H&M group and Inter IKEA group to industrialize TreeToTextile
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Plastic Strategy of Fashion Brands
Some fashion brands are making a sustainability effort with regard to plastics.
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Biodegradable Synthetic Textile Will Replace Polyester
Primaloft launches new biodegradble sythetic textile that may replace polyester.
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A New Bio Foaming Epoxy
Sicomin is introducing a new bio foaming epoxy system and marine collaborations.
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Bio-On Will Disrupt the Fashion Industry
Bio-On launched their new business unit: Fashion Development Materials. The unit is dedicated to develop bioplastics for the fashion and…
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Leonardo DiCaprio Invests in Bioplastics Shoes
Leonardo DiCaprio invests in eco footwear company Allbirds that uses bioplastics produced by Braskem.
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Reebok Launches Bioplastic Shoe
Sportswear brand Reebok launches its first shoe with a bioplastics sole.
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Elon Musk Builds Bioplastics Surfboards
Elon Musk teamed up with Matt Biolos’ Lost Surfboards to create a limited edition of 200 boards and each one…
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Is using Recycled Plastics in Textiles Good?
Both newspapers published an article regarding towels made from recycled plastics. Their perspective was different and it brings up an…
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UK Fashion Retailer Goes Bioplastics
UK Fashion Retailer is probably the first in the fashion industry to switch to Bioplastics bags.
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Project Effective Will Replace Traditional Nylon by Bio-Nylon
Project EFFECTIVE involves 12 organisations from 8 countries and has the purpose to produce more sustainable nylon and fibres. This…
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Adidas Sold a Million Shoes Made from Ocean Plastic
Adidas sold 1 million shoes made out of ocean plastic last year. The news is a month old but worthwhile…
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Bio-Sourced Biodegradable PLA Fibres Will Replace Polyester in Textiles
The textile industry is challenged to make a radical shift towards innovative and high added value products to counter the…
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Xinhuarun and Reverdia Partner to Develop Microcellular Bio-based PU Foam for Shoe Soles
Reverdia (the JV between Roquette, France and Royal DSM, Holland) and Dezhou Xinhuarun Technology (China) have signed an agreement to…
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Mitsui Chemicals’s Do Green Sunglasses Made from Plant-Derived Materials
Mitsui Chemicals, Inc. (Japan) announced the successful development of Do Green™ sunglasses which use plant-derived frames and plant-derived bio-based ophthalmic…
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Is Biobased the New Highway to the Old Nylon?
We reproduce below an excellent article from BioFuels Digest written by Jim Lane on the state of the development of…
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Bio-based LYCRA Fibre
INVISTA, owner of the LYCRA® brand, introduces the only commercial offering of a bio-derived elastane available globally and for use…
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Arkema Latest Solutions for Ski Boots
A few days ahead of the Sochi Olympic games, Arkema (France) presented its bio-based Pebax® RNew 80R53 grade for ski…
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