Ugandan researchers are transforming discarded banana stems into textiles, hair extensions and sanitary pads, positioning the East African nation to capitalize on growing global demand for sustainable ...

The Lycra Company is stretching its sustainable offerings with a hot new fiber, Thermolite EcoMade, and said the fiber is made from 100 percent textile waste, replete with a new warming technology, ...

Infinited Fiber Company is a supercool Finnish fashion and textile technology start-up which literally turns textile waste into up-cycled fibres that are being used by some of the world’s leading ...

Natural fibers promoted as sustainable alternatives to plastic, including cotton and wool, have been found preserved in a U.K. lake for more than a century—challenging assumptions that they quickly ...

Patagonia has already achieved Leading Level 4 ranking for circularity in Textile Exchange’s Material Change Insights Report. Now, the outdoor apparel company is looking to do one better with a new ...

You’d be forgiven for thinking that the fashion industry is becoming more sustainable, but the opposite is true. The media is awash with ‘sustainable’ materials and rental and resale options, but how ...

Every day, tonnes of textile waste from India and around the world arrive in Panipat. We travelled there to see how the city ...

Nordic Bioproducts Group, a Finnish startup, has created a new plant-based textile fiber. The company is a spinoff from Aalto University in Finland, which created a patented technology called ...

Verretex SA, an EPFL spin-off pioneering regenerated glass-fibre textiles, and Ryse Energy, a global manufacturer of small wind turbines and hybrid off-grid systems, announced on 2 September that they ...

In lab tests, such fibers have exhibited excellent electrical conductivity while also offering the strength and flexibility of cotton. They have also been successfully used in textile systems that ...