A resurgence of secondhand shopping, new sorting methods and policy initiatives are all poised to help shift the needle on ...

AXENS, IFPEN and JEPLAN have completed a recycling loop for polyester textiles. PARIS, April 21, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Several tens of tons of post-consumer, polyester-rich, European textile wastes, ...

A combined team of chemical and biomolecular engineers from the University of Delaware, and the Center for Plastics Innovation, both in the U.S., has developed a way to chemically separate fibers in ...

Carmen Silla, Jeanologia's marketing director, says the industry's biggest challenges cannot be solved by one organization ...

The Hong Kong Research Institute of Textiles and Apparel (HKRITA) has entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with ...

Sweden-based recycler Syre says it will work with global engineering and machinery firm ABB to explore technologies for industrial-scale textile recycling. ABB says a proposed Syre plant in Vietnam ...

These are topsy-turvy times for the nascent textile recycling industry. The clothing behemoth H&M Group has cofounded a textile recycling firm that promises to become a huge global producer just as ...

Researchers present a solution to the challenging problem of recycling poly-cotton textile waste. The process starts with fully removing all cotton from the fabric using superconcentrated hydrochloric ...

Every day, tonnes of textile waste from India and around the world arrive in Panipat. We travelled there to see how the city ...

The apparel industry accounts for 10% of global carbon emissions. The annual amount of fiber production reached 113 million tons in 2021 and the demand is increasing every year. However, almost 90% of ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Esha writes about building better, more regenerative businesses. Polyester has become a popular choice globally, and may even be ...