"Whether that’s protection or cost, we’re always going to need [packaging]." Former textiles student makes stunning ...

Fiorella "Fio" Rossel Borkert, co-founder of The Bountiful Bag, used her skills as a fashion designer to initially create tote bags from malt bags, just for fun.

“The process is easy to understand. Plastic bottles are collected and grinded into little chips that are melted down into beads and the beads of plastic are made into yarn to make fabric. When people ...

Considering the fashion industry’s addiction to oil and the consumer’s resulting penchant for plastic, textile recycling is no easy feat. Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and ...

Plastic products have a lot of potential in diversifying Bangladesh’s export basket, said Sk Bashir Uddin, adviser to the ...

Synthetic fiber makers are gearing up to combat water pollution caused by tiny pieces of plastic that fall off from the washing of fleece and other chemical fiber waste. The textile industry is ...

Dezeen Showroom: a mix of subtle and strong stripes feature in US brand Designtex's Wannabe – a felted wall-covering textile made from 100 per cent recycled plastic bottles. Wannabe is a non ...

Designed for hybrid work and leisure spaces, RePlay Zero 170 is a woven fabric with a knitted appearance that is ideal for acoustic panels, walls, tiles and clouds. PFAS and TCPP free, RePlay Zero 170 ...

In a paper published in Nature Communications, researchers at the Industrial Sustainable Chemistry group of the University of ...

MYGroup, a UK-based waste management and recycling company, is launching a sustainable textile project in Sri Lanka, designed ...

Instead of plastic, recyclable sun fabric has been utilised for hoardings and billboards covering an extensive 6 lakh square feet area, ensuring they can be reused and recycled after the event.