Zips, buttons, and labels all stand in the way of recycling our clothing. But removing them can be time, cost, and labor-intensive.

Current polyester and plastic recycling methods mean it can typically only be recycled once due to material breaking down during the recycling process. But that’s now set to change: circular economy ...

Polyester textiles account for 2/3 of the global PET market of around 100 million tons. Only 13% of textile waste is currently recycled, and only 1% is recycled "fiber-to-fiber" 1,2 Carbios has ...

Textile‑to‑textile recycler Circulose joins Spinnova’s ecosystem (consortium) to help advance the scale‑up of Spinnova’s technology. Spinnova has actively sought partners to accelerate commercial ...

While the industry awaits legislation to advance textile recycling, the circular actors continue to forge ahead. Worn Again Technologies and members including Renewcell and Lenzing are “committed to ...

The plant aims to showcase Worn Again’s textile-to-fiber recycling process at scale and provide testing for real-world ...

Textiles Minister Giriraj Singh said that India's textile sector, one of the largest in the world, has significant potential to lead the global transition towards sustainable and circular production ...

Circ is building its first industrial-scale textile-to-textile recycling plant in France. Reju is doing the same in the Netherlands. Two decades since Teijin launched the first commercial chemical ...

India generates 70.73 lakh tonnes of textile waste annually, with over 95% of pre-consumer waste recovered, said Union Textiles Minister Giriraj Singh.