Tag: textile
Biological recycling of plastic: after bottles, polyester textile
The logo of the start-up Carbios, which has developed an exclusive recycling process for PET plastic, based on enzymes, photographed in Clermont-Ferrand on September 29, 2021 (AFP/Archives/Thierry ZOCCOLAN) After the…
Innovation: in France, unique solutions in the world for textile recycling
A machine in action on a Cetia site in Hendaye, in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques, September 4, 2023 (AFP / GAIZKA IROZ) On a futuristic-looking machine, a used trainer passes through a…
Fast fashion companies brace for EU textile waste rules
by Corina Pons and Helen Reid BARCELONA/LONDON, Sept 1 (Reuters) – In a warehouse on the outskirts of Barcelona, women stand in front of conveyor belts and manually sort T-shirts,…
New textile fibers made from flax straw or undrinkable milk
The European Center for Innovative Textiles, in Tourcoing (Nord), in 2007. © TOM / ANDIA.FR Technically, they succeeded. Engineers from the European Center for Innovative Textiles (CETI), based in Tourcoing…
The textile industry is concerned about the implementation of environmental labeling of clothing
In a Kiabi store, in Faches-Thumesnil (Nord), in September 2014. PHILIPPE HUGUEN / AFP Silk organza less durable than polyester? A cashmere wool sweater less virtuous than a T-shirt? Clothing…
Samsung wants to limit the release of microplastic textile fibers into the water
We don’t necessarily know it, but washing clothes is an extremely polluting activity. Of course, we think of the release of chemicals from detergents or fabric softeners, but we often…
Fight against cancer: scientists bet on a molecule derived from a textile dye
Yasmina Kattou / Photo credit: THOMAS KIENZLE / AFP 06:08, May 22, 2023 A Franco-Swedish team of researchers has developed a new molecule that attacks cancer cells under the effect…
Textile e-commerce: Asphalte raises 5 million euros
Asphalt continues to expand. The online clothing sales site, founded in 2016 by William Hauvette and Rodolphe Gardies, announced on March 22 that it had raised five million euros from…
In Austria, the second youth of viscose, an alternative for the textile sector
Storage of viscose bales at the Lenzing site (Austria), in 2019. CHRISTIAN LEOPOLD/NEUMAYR FOTOGRAPHY/LENZING “It’s Lenzing’s white gold. » Nicky Hüpfl revels in this formula. For more than ten years,…
A leading fashion group and owner of iconic brands joins the textile consortium founded by Carbios, On, Patagonia, PUMA and Salomon – 2023-02-18 at 23:45
• Consortium welcomes PVH Corp. to leverage this partnership and support the development of Carbios’ bio-recycling process on an industrial scale, with a view to setting new global standards for…
“The textile eco-score risks being ineffective, even counterproductive, if it does not integrate sustainability”
En 2023, the textile industry no longer has a choice: it must, since January, display the geographical origin of each of its products, and specify the sites where each stage…
Fight for survival – The Glarner textile industry is currently reinventing itself – News
contents The traditional textile industry in the canton of Glarus is getting back on its feet after the pandemic and is trying to reorient itself. The corona pandemic has left…