The New Cotton Project has announced its completion of the first half of its three year project, which it has marked with the release of its first white paper and commercial collection launches with H&M and Adidas. Launched in 2020, the consortium, which consists of 12 players within the manufacturing value chain and research institutes, was...
1 Aug 2022
A circular fashion company has announced it has closed a 30 million dollar Series B funding round, with backing from big name industry leaders, including Inditex. Circ, a tech company that powers patented textile recycling processes, said the new investment will help it to drive progress, building on its mission of protecting the planet from...
12 Jul 2022
Recover, a developer in recycled cotton fibre, has announced that it has closed a new 100 million dollar minority equity capital investment led by Goldman Sachs Asset Management. In a release, the company, which already works with the likes of Primark, Inditex and C&A, said it will be using the investment to accelerate its global expansion and...
10 Jun 2022
Sustainable textile organisation Fashion for Good has welcomed the H&M Group to its growing list of key project partners taking part in its Sorting for Circularity initiative. The project, launched in May 2021, aims to “develop more effective infrastructure to recycle textile waste to drive circularity in post-consumer textiles”. “To enable the...
15 Feb 2022
A report by ocean conservation group Oceana has found that up to 23.5 million pounds of Amazon’s plastic packaging polluted the world’s waterways and oceans in 2020. The organisation has called on the e-commerce platform to reduce the use of plastic packaging worldwide, a move it already committed to in Germany and India. Oceana’s report further...
20 Dec 2021
The Biomimicry Institute has revealed it has been awarded 2.5 million euros to lead a multi-year initiative, Design for Decomposition, that hopes to demonstrate the new possibilities of ‘biocompatible’ fashion waste. It will use the fund to pilot technologies that convert wasted clothes and textiles into biodegradable raw materials. The...
7 Dec 2021
In a bid to address the increasing textile waste in Cambodia, The Hong Kong Research Institute of Textiles and Apparel Limited (HKRITA) has developed technology that can recycle blend textiles, in cooperation with the H&M Foundation. Additionally initiated alongside VF Corporation and other international organisations, the technology labelled...
25 Oct 2021
Adidas has become the latest brand to offer its customers an incentive to recycle their unwanted items once they no longer want them. The sportswear brand has launched "Infinite Play" in the UK, a trade-in program that offers gift cards or loyalty points to customers who choose to return used Adidas items to the brand. Adidas partnered with...
17 Oct 2019
Menswear denim brand Taylor Stitch has launched a clothing recycling program. Called Restitch, the program allows customers to return Taylor Stitch denim items to the company for a trade-in credit between 15 and 25 dollars. "Taylor Stitch products are built for the long haul, Restitch makes sure they get there," the company wrote on its website....
21 May 2019
London - Dutch design duo Viktor & Rolf are set to launch their debut conscious collection for German etailer Zalando next month. Entitled 'Viktor & Rolf for Zalando RE:CYCLE', the new launch sees the designers applying their couture design ideology to create a collection made from recycled garments for a wider audience. Launching February 1,...
11 Jan 2018
Amsterdam - "We especially wanted to focus on the concept of circular economy at this edition of Amsterdam Fashion Week," said Iris Ruisch, Creative Director of Mercedes-Benz Amsterdam Fashion Week to FashionUnited. "I am really proud to say that at least 80 percent of the designs shown on schedule this edition are sustainable." Although the...
18 Jul 2017
Once seen as a niche part of the fashion industry, being eco-conscious has rapidly become one of the hottest 'topics' of our time. From luxury fashion houses to fast-fashion retailers, and everything in between - more and more fashion companies are responding to mounting consumer interest and 'going green.' However, in spite of all the efforts...
6 Jul 2016
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