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 ...

BUTUAN CITY (PIA) — The members of the Kapunungan sa mga Mag-uuma sa Simbalan Inc. (KAMASI) are now directly benefiting from Mindanao’s first Bamboo Textile Fiber Innovation Hub (BTFIH) in Barangay ...

Infinna fiber creation in wet spinning process at Espoo pilot. Just weeks after fashion’s leading textile-to-textile recycling company went bankrupt, its peer, Infinited Fiber Company (IFC), closed a ...

Alexander Weissensteiner, Alexander Wagner and Thomas Harter (from left) with a paper sample consisting of 30 per cent recycled cotton fibres. In Austria alone, around 220,000 tonnes of textile waste ...

Textile-to-textile regeneration company Reju and textile recycler Novelles Fibres Textiles (NFT), both based in France, are partnering on the sourcing and recycling of textile scrap to support the ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Co-Founder, Conspiracy of Love, and Good is the New Cool. Infinited Fiber Company is a supercool Finnish fashion and textile ...

Panda Biotech's 500,000-square-foot facility in Wichita Falls, TX will be the first facility in the U.S. to cottonize hemp fiber on a commercial scale. Dallas-based Panda Biotech has selected Wichita ...

For as long as humans have been around, we have been using our hands and senses to create beautiful and useful objects from the natural environment around us. While the artisans of old may not have ...

Look inside your closet—do you know where your clothes come from? Could you identify what materials they are made out of? How long would it take them to break down, once you’re done wearing them?