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 ...

A new chemical process separates mixed textile waste and produces components that can be reused (Sci. Adv. 2024, DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.ado6827). After their lifetime of use, most discarded clothes ...

Scientists in Vienna have developed a feasible and up-scalable process for separating elastane, also known as spandex, from textile waste, the first of its kind ever formulated. Working with six ...

The Dutch textile industry stands at a crossroads. Fast fashion and overconsumption are driving an ever-growing mountain of waste, while the Netherlands is committed to achieving a fully circular ...

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 ...

There are "three legs to the stool" when it comes to textile recycling-collection, sortation, and finally, the processes that turn waste into new, saleable product. Knowing this, recently launched ...

To become a Vogue Business Member and receive the Sustainability Edit newsletter, click here. Stella McCartney has partnered with recycling startup Protein Evolution Inc (PEI) on a new venture that ...

Patrik Lundström is pleased with his new pair of Levi’s 501s. “The touch and feel is exactly the same as your cotton jeans,” he says. Lundström is CEO of Renewcell, a Swedish start-up that has created ...

In a paper published in Nature Communications, researchers at the Industrial Sustainable Chemistry group of the University of ...