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News briefsRoyal Robbins releases sustainability update and goals
For spring 2023, U.S. brand Royal Robbins has released a set of lower-impact products to support the brand’s climate goals for 2025. As a first and major step, the company has identified its material choices as a key portion of its overall carbon footprint and has picked lower-impact fibers for ...
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News briefsAccelerating Circularity launches directory of textile recyclers
The U.S. based nonprofit organization Accelerating Circularity has launched a new, free online directory of international recyclers to catalyze connections between recyclers and the rest of the textile value chain, including collectors, mills, brands, and retailers. The directory of textile recyclers includes the various commercial technologies for chemical and mechanical ...
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News briefsRenewcell begins shipping from new plant in Sundsvall
Swedish textile recycler Renewcell has announced that it has shipped its first batch of dissolving pulp produced at its new factory in Sundsvall, Sweden, to a customer. The new facility, which started up in November, adds to the other Renewcell plant in Kristinehamn, west of Stockholm. Also in November of ...
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News briefsCraghoppers launches capsule collection with fibers made from carbon emissions
Going to market in Fall 2023, U.K. company Craghoppers is introducing its first capsule collection of four styles featuring a blended material made from recycled polyester and fibers converted from CO2 industrial waste. The fleece fabric, which has been developed with technology company Lanzatech, contains 30 percent of fibers made ...
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News briefsScarpa leads EU-funded recycling project
Scarpa, the Italian outdoor footwear specialist, has announced the launch of Re-Shoes, a recycling initiative backed by the European Union (EU). As the project leader, Scarpa will coordinate the efforts of a consortium of international companies that involve the recycling of end-of-life footwear reprocessed into new footwear. The project, which ...
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News briefsThe North Face is expanding Clothes the Loop program to France and U.K.
The North Face (TNF) has expanded its recycling program “Clothes the Loop” into stores in France and the U.K. The project that was piloted in the U.S. in 2013 and rolled out in all American TNF retail and outlet stores two years later invites consumers to bring in unwanted clothing ...
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News briefsGlobetrotter rents new retail space in Bonn, reuses previous store’s furniture
According to the real estate development company Redos, German retailer Globetrotter will rent a new location in Bonn, Germany, as of Dec. 1, 2022. The two-story building with 2,600 sqm retail space is a former Conrad Electronics store for consumer and professional electronics. Globetrotter is working on a concept to ...
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News briefsHelinox moves to more recycled parts and repair/replacement options
Source: Helinox Helinox frames are made using DAC’s Green Anodization process Outdoor furniture brand Helinox will move over 90 percent of its fabrics in seats, cases and accessories to recycled polyester raw materials and also switch to CO and PFC-free DWR coatings for the 2023 collections. As ...
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ArticleTextile Exchange releases Preferred Fiber and Materials market report
Textile Exchange has released its annual Preferred Fiber and Materials market report, pulling together data on the production volumes and availability of different fibers and raw materials, as well as sharing insights on emerging fiber trends. The initiative sees global fiber production increasing to a record 113 ...
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News briefsCirc closes $30 million financing round for new technologies, focuses on polycotton blend recycling
The U.S.-based material technologies company Circ has successfully closed a $30 million funding round in Series B funding, backed by international apparel companies and venture capital firms. The round was led by the Bill Gates-founded Breakthrough Energy Ventures (BEV) with additional investment from new partners, including one of the world’s ...
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ArticleToyota Tsusho supports Patagonia’s Tee-Cycle™ circular T-shirt project
In a press release, Toyota Tsusho Corporation, a trading arm of the Toyota Group, announced that it is participating in Patagonia’s Tee-Cycle™ T-shirt recycling project. Toyota Tsusho is a diversified group involved in various businesses, including the manufacture of metals, chemical products and electronic components, automotive components and industrial machinery, ...
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News briefsAccelerating Circularity Europe has launched textile-to-textile recycling trials
Accelerating Circularity Europe, founded in early 2021 as a sister organization to the U.S. organization Accelerating Circularity, has announced the beginning of trials to test the viability of various textile-to-textile recycling systems for polyester waste across Europe. According to a statement on LinkedIn, “these trials will help us create invaluable ...
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News briefsCarbios signs two-year deal with Patagonia, On, Puma and Salomon for circularity research
The French biorecycling provider Carbios has signed an agreement with On, Patagonia, Puma and Salomon to develop solutions aiming to enhance the recyclability and circularity of the brands’ products. The consortium wants to speed up the introduction of Carbios’ biorecycling technology and research how entire products can be recycled easier, ...
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News briefsOdlo premiers WeAct kidswear capsule collection made from fabrics leftovers
Odlo is utilizing leftover fabrics from its production for a new upcycling project. Premiering with six styles for children, the WeAct kidswear brings T-Shirts from merino and cotton jerseys, hoodies and sweatpants, and a knitted reversible beanie. This is the first children’s collection made from leftover fabrics by the Swiss ...
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News briefsPOC launches helmet designed for end-of-life recycling
Swedish brand POC has introduced the Myelin, a new cycling helmet that can be disassembled into its individual components at the end of its life, and its parts can then be recycled. The helmet is made from 50 percent recycled materials. The shell is made from woven recycled fabric and ...
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ArticleWorn Again Technologies builds textile recycling demo plant in Switzerland
Worn Again Technologies, a U.K.-based technology licensing company, reported that it is in the final planning stages of an innovative demonstration plant that will display its cutting-edge polymer processing technologies for textile recycling. The plant, which the business will build and run, will be built in Winterthur, Switzerland, and will ...
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News briefsBaffin launches Citizenship Boot Project made from recycled materials
Canadian apparel company Baffin Ltd. has launched the Citizenship Boot Project to provide cold weather footwear to those in need. More than 1,300 boots were made from recycled materials and donated goods at Baffin’s factory in Stoney Creek, Ontario, and will be gifted to North American organizations. The Citizenship Boot ...
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News briefsTimberland expands Timberloop recycling program to Europe
Around this year’s Earth Day, Timberland announced several initiatives within its CSR program, the most interesting being the expansion of the Timberloop take-back program into the U.K., Germany, France and Italy, with more European markets to follow. The recycling program allows consumers to return their worn Timberland footwear, apparel or ...
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ArticleChina aims for a quick increase of recycling capacities
In a document released by the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC), the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology and the Ministry of Commerce, the Chinese government has revealed its plans for improved textile waste recycling facilities and increase the output of recycled fibers at the same time. According to ...
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News briefsSmartwool starts second sock recycling campaign in the U.S, aiming for 400,000 units
Denver-based brand Smartwool is launching a new round of its Second Cut project, originally launched in the U.S. in spring 2021, eventually collecting old socks totaling about 5,400 kg in weight. Together with North-Carolina-based company Material Return, the textile waste was turned into the Second Cut K9 ...
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