All Recycled Polyester Challenge articles

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    Elevate Textiles becomes full member of Textile Exchange

    2022-07-15T11:02:00Z

    Elevate Textiles, owner of the Gütermann sewing thread brand (among other brands), has announced its new membership with the Textile Exchange organization. Elevate Textiles currently participates in Textile Exchange’s 2025 recycled polyester challenge and wants to utilize the membership with the nonprofit organization to accelerate and expand upon their adoption ...

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    Textile Exchange releases reports on Sustainable Cotton and Recycled Polyester challenges

    2022-07-11T14:12:00Z

    Textile Exchange, a U.S.-based networking platform for the textile industry, has released its reports on the Sustainable Cotton challenge and Recycled Polyester challenge, two of the platform’s fiber challenges that are set up to replace conventional materials by lower impact solutions. The organization believes that this, coupled with investment in ...

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    Apparel brands are urged to use more recycled polyester

    2021-02-22T18:33:00Z

    Textile Exchange and the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change’s Fashion Industry Charter for Climate Action have partnered to launch the 2025 Recycled Polyester Challenge , a joint initiative to further encourage a shift in the market towards the uptake of recycled polyester (rPET) and the associated ...