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About Us. Ecotextile News magazine is the environmental magazine for the global textile and clothing supply chain and is published six times per year as a magazine delivered direct to your door or available in electronic format only. It is published by MCL News & Media and is read by the world's leading clothing brands and retailers and the ...
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Nov 11, 2024 · Partner News. Podcasts. Monday, 30 September 2024. Podcast: Inside the legal case against 'Shein's £50bn IPO'. YORK – The lawyer at the heart of a legal bid to block a potential public listing in London by ultra-fast fashion giant Shein discusses the case with our host Philip Berman in an exclusive podcast interview.
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Nov 4, 2024 · Global roll-out for Teijin bio-based PLA. TOKYO – Japanese fibre manufacturer Teijin Frontier has confirmed the global roll-out of its Biofront polylactic acid (PLA) resin which, with applications in the textiles and nonwovens sectors, is said to biodegrade at a faster rate compared to…. Friday, 08 November 2024.
Exclusive: Chemical cocktail found in face masks
Apr 1, 2021 · Separate studies by Dr. Sedlak have also shown the presence of compounds such as 2-butanone oxime (carcinogenic) blocked diisocyanates used as crosslinkers for perfluorocarbons (PFCs) on face masks. Used in the textile sector as oil and water repellents on fabrics, by-products of PFCs are known to be bio-persistent and their use is heavily ...
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John Mowbray is the owner and founder of MCL News & Media and the brains behind Ecotextile News, which he launched back in 2006. His primary aim for MCL is to provide inspirational content that motivates key textile industry stakeholders to make a positive difference to their global supply chains, through innovative, sustainable and …
Novetex launches textile upcycling system - Ecotextile News
Jul 25, 2019 · HONG KONG – Novetex Textiles has opened The Billie System, its new Tai Po textile mill, the first in Hong Kong in over half a century. A key component of this mill is a waterless system which upcycles textile waste. The system is almost entirely automated, and able to process up to three tonnes of recycled fibre per day, which according to ...
IBM tech used to chemically recycle polyester
Nov 14, 2023 · PARIS - Engineering firm Technip Energies is building on an existing partnership with tech specialist IBM and activewear brand Under Armour to set up a new company to pioneer a new polyester recycling technology. Branded as Reju, the new company will focus on recycling of polyester textiles and the production of rPET fibre, the demand for which ...
Nylon alternatives sought as regulation bites
Dec 19, 2018 · Nylon alternatives sought as regulation bites. EDINBURGH – A top research analyst specialising in the nylon sector warns the industry will suffer a new period of turbulence in 2019; saying that new environmental regulations coupled with feedstock supply issues will result in further volatility and textile fibre substitution.
Report calls for textile sustainability in Brazil
Mar 1, 2021 · SAO PAULO - Brazil needs to step up efforts to build a more sustainable fashion supply chain amidst reports of rising pollution and deforestation in textiles production, according to a new report. The study, entitled Fashion Threads: Systemic Perspectives for a Circular Fashion, was funded by the Laudes Foundation and produced by sustainable ...