There’s the proverbial saying, “one man’s trash is another man’s treasure,” and as brands continue to tackle and infuse the eco-conscious conversation into their designs, Siri Johansen, ex-head of ...

A textile firm in Turkey's prominent industrial center Bursa, south of Istanbul, daily produces five tons of yarn from plastic bottles, the firm's general director said on Wednesday. "As a result of ...

Researchers have developed a yarn from ordinary gelatine that has good qualities similar to those of merino wool fibers. Now they are working on making the yarn even more water resistant. Some 70 ...

Hugo Boss says the NovaPoly material incorporates a natural additive that enables the fibres to degrade similarly to how they would in nature. The company developed NovaPoly yarn in collaboration with ...

TEXTILE and garment production is growing globally, and so is the amount of waste it is producing. In response, the Textile Revitalized (TexRev) Project, launched by the Department of Science and ...

This news release is available in German. Some 70 million tonnes of fibres are traded worldwide every year. Man-made fibres manufactured from products of petroleum or natural gas account for almost ...