Ugandan researchers are transforming discarded banana stems into textiles, hair extensions and sanitary pads, positioning the East African nation to capitalize on growing global demand for sustainable ...

Natural fibers promoted as sustainable alternatives to plastic, including cotton and wool, have been found preserved in a U.K ...

Adoption is growing across outdoor apparel, athleisure, and protective workwear as the global textile supply chain prepares for Performance Days Munich and the Functional Fabric Fair Portland.

In the German research project bioPEtex, BB Engineering (BBE) is working with other partners to develop textiles made from 100% bio-based polyethylene (PE). The aim is to make use of this polymer, ...

Diverse Post-Industrial/Consumer textile waste finds new purpose through PurFi’s revolutionary circular fiber technologies. Concordia Textiles continues to innovate in textile manufacturing space ...

Researchers have developed a panel with textile waste that improves both the thermal and acoustic conditions of buildings and reduces the energy impact associated to the production of construction ...

Verretex SA, an EPFL spin-off pioneering regenerated glass-fibre textiles, and Ryse Energy, a global manufacturer of small wind turbines and hybrid off-grid systems, announced on 2 September that they ...

It is rare to encounter a technology that is so disruptive that it has the potential to generate a paradigm shift, and I had that opportunity last month when I interviewed Suzanne DeVall, founder and ...

Addressing the meeting, Smt. Neelam Shami Rao, Secretary, Ministry of Textiles, reiterated the government’s commitment to ...

You’d be forgiven for thinking that the fashion industry is becoming more sustainable, but the opposite is true. The media is awash with ‘sustainable’ materials and rental and resale options, but how ...