UK based Worn Again, with a vision to eradicate textile and clothing waste from the global apparel and textile industry has joined forces with apparel retailer H&M and lifestyle Group, Kering. Worn Again which wants to make continual ...
Tags: Clothing Waste, new technology, Apparel
Finland based VTT Technical Research Centre, Aalto University and Tampere University of Technology are together developing novel recycled textile fibres in the Design World of Cellulose project, a major technological scheme of Tekes - the ...
With the latest numbers from the Environmental Protection Agency indicating that textile waste accounts for nearly 5% of all landfill space in the United States, one wholesale fabric company is teaming up with other fabric and textile ...
Textile Exchange will host a webinar which will provide a sneak peak into the 2013 Textile Sustainability Conference Session: How to Make Closed Loop Recycling and Upcycling Work in a Global Textile Industry At present a rough 80% of ...
Current levels of clothing and textile recycling has among the highest levels of impact on reducing greenhouse gasses according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. In its report entitled: Municipal Solid Waste Generation, Recycling ...
Current levels of clothing and textile recycling has among the highest levels of impact on reducing greenhouse gasses according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. In its report entitled: Municipal Solid Waste Generation, ...
Tags: Clothing, Textile, Greenhouse Gas
Susan G. Komen Central Florida and American Textile Recycling Service (ATRS) now offer one more life-saving reason to register for Race for the Cure which takes place on October 6, 2013 at UCF’s Brighthouse Networks Stadium. Race ...
Tags: Recycling Campaign
Central Atlanta Progress and the Atlanta Downtown Improvement District have joined efforts with the Downtown office community to host a recycling drive for gently used textile materials September 16th through 27th, 2013. Four Downtown ...
Tags: Used Textile Materials, Apparel, Accessories, Textile
The Secondary Materials and Recycled Textiles Association (SMART), as part of its continuing effort to provide leadership in the clothing and textile recycling industry, is taking several positive steps which focus on the issues surrounding ...
Tags: Clothing Collection Bins, Apparel
Martex Fiber Southern Corp. — a Spartanburg-based manufacturer of recycled industrial textile products — has acquired JBM Fibers Inc. — a Brownsville, Texas-based manufacturer of reprocessed textile waste and fiber ...
Tags: Textile, Fiber, industrial textile
American Textile Recycling Service is excited to bring its textile recycling mission to the Nashville Earth Day Festival, Saturday, April 20th at Centennial Park in Downtown Nashville. A free, family-oriented event, the Nashville Earth ...
Tags: Textile
The Northeast Recycling Council (NERC), Brattleboro, Vt., will hold a symposium titled "Collecting Textiles: Make It Work for Your Community" on April 2 at the Nathan Hale Inn & Conference Center at the University of Connecticut in Storrs, ...
Tags: Northeast Recycling Council, Collecting Textiles, textile recycling
The Secondary Materials and Recycled Textiles Association (SMART) set the industry standard for the clothing collection bin industry with the release of a draft legislation, a position paper on the issue, and a Code of Conduct for its ...
Tags: SMART, industry standard, clothing collection bin industry
The Textile Recycling Association celebrated its 100th Anniversary by holding a Reception and its AGM at the Houses of Parliament in London. Hosted by Right Honourable Tracey Crouch MP, delegates heard the annual TRA President’s ...
The Bra Recyclers have partnered with Tucson Clean & Beautiful, Inc to encourage students, educators and community groups to recycle old items into art. The Re-Used Materials Becoming Art (RUMBA) showcase and competition will take place at ...
Tags: Bra Recyclers, Tucson Clean&Beautiful, art