Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Circ is building its first industrial-scale textile-to-textile recycling plant in France. Reju is doing the same in the ...

Researchers developed a "super silk" with less shrinking, and Remade funds textile circularity research projects.

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 ...

In Zhangjiagang, China, an advanced AI-powered machine is transforming the textile recycling process by rapidly sorting used clothing. This innovation, named Fastsort-Textile, sorts textiles by their ...

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 ...

At recycled fiber producer Unifi’s facility in Yadkinville, North Carolina, workers pile hundreds of discarded garments onto a massive conveyor belt. As the belt lurches forward, mounds of old ...

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 ...

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 ...

A “Rewind” PET trial converts post-consumer textiles into new polyester feedstock, offering early proof of scalable textile-to-textile recycling. JEPLAN The partners called the “Rewind” process one of ...

European technology provider says its Intarema FibrePro:IV is for recycling applications in the PET fiber textiles sector. Erema says recycled-content PET (rPET) produced by its new system “can be ...

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 ...