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 ...

Reuse and repair provisions are part of these states' proposed textile EPR bills. Meanwhile, California is mulling three ...

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 ...

Amsterdam-based Fashion for Good has launched its Sorting for Circularity USA report. The report covers consumer disposal behavior, textile waste composition and the potential for fiber-to-fiber ...

India’s textile recycling industry is driving global circular fashion, turning waste into sustainable fabrics and ...

A Virginia, United States-based clean technology startup is applying its unique hydrothermal processing technology to treat previously hard-to-recycle textiles made out of blends of polyester and ...

Researchers at the UNSW Sustainable Materials Research and Technology (SMaRT) Centre have published new findings ...

Globally, it is estimated that 85 percent of textile materials end up in landfills—equating to millions of tons per year in landfilled material in the U.S. alone. According to Amelia Trumble, ...

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 ...

Chemical sorting can be utilized to selectively collect polyester from waste plastics and textiles. In the product stream, clean polyesters are obtained because the process eliminates colorants and ...