Will We Ever Be Able to Recycle Our Clothes Like an Aluminum Can?

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Haelixa and OVS partner on Italian traceable cotton  – Apparel Insider

Spread the loveSICILY – When one thinks of the main cotton-growing countries in the world, Italy is not a nation … Continue reading “Haelixa and OVS partner on Italian traceable cotton ”

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Fashion giants agree on forest-positive textile fiber collaboration – edie

Leading fashion brands including H&M, Inditex, Kering and Stella McCartney have joined a new collaborative initiative to reduce deforestation and emissions by purchasing low-carbon alternative fibers for textile production and packaging.

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Kering issues guidance on making green claims – Apparel Insider

Kering has issued new guidelines intended to help its brands make accurate sustainability claims and avoid greenwashing

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Clothes made from ‘carbon emissions’: Why Zara’s new line is just more greenwashing | Euronews

This month, fast fashion brand Zara released a limited edition line of “sustainable fashion” made of polyester created from captured carbon emissions.
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Next-Gen ‘Bio-Based’ Synthetics Are Here, But When Will They Replace Polluting Polyester?

‘Bio-based’ synthetic materials are here, and the hope is that they will replace polluting fossil fuel-based ones, but when will this be achieved and what is the current scope for scaling?

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Fashion Isn’t Becoming More Sustainable, But Next-Gen Materials Might Fix That

Using data from the Sustainable Apparel Coalition and Textile Exchange, the World Resources Institute (WRI) estimated apparel sector emissions to be 1.025 gigatons CO2e in 2019, or 2% of global emissions. Can next-gen materials help reduce impact, which is set to rise by 64% to 2030?

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Why Wool Matters; Featuring HRH The Prince of Wales, narrated by Alex James

Brett Mathews on LinkedIn: China study claims recycled polyester production has 10x CO2 emissions | 90 comments

CHINESE STUDY CLAIMS RECYCLED POLYESTER PRODUCTION HAS 10x CO2 EMISSIONS OF VIRGIN POLYESTER: Research from China claims the carbon footprint of waste … 90 comments on LinkedIn

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