Face Masks Made from Manufacturing Offcuts 2020-03-23 10:22:47 COMMENT: Reusable Coronavirus Masks from Ballo Fashion Supplies of facemasks are dwindling and the items themselves are disposable. While their effectiveness at preventing the contraction of the virus is questionable at best, the may prevent carriers from spreading it so easily. Alistair Barnes from Ballo Fashion saw an opportunity... read more ...
Infinited Fiber Company Signs Strategic Agreement With Singapore-based RGE 2019-08-21 16:17:30 Finnish Textile Recycling Technology Firm Secures Additional Backing Singapore-based RGE Pte Ltd has joined a group of investors including retail giant, H&M Group, Virala and Fortum to help IFC scale up its technology that recycles textile waste into new textile fibres. read more ...
Granby Toxteth Development Trust Makes a Difference on Merseyside 2019-03-01 14:03:54 Liverpool’s Recycling Champions Clock Up Over 8300 Hours for 3Rs A team of volunteers for a local charity group have put in over 8300 hours to promote the eco-friendly mantra of ‘reduce, reuse, recycle’ across Liverpool. read more ...
Finnish Research Organisation Looking for Partners for New Recycling Tech 2019-02-26 11:46:33 New Cylindrical Extruder for Recycling Problematic Waste Developed by VTT Finnish research and innovation organisation, VTT, has developed a cylindrical extruder which could revolutionise the processing of recyclable materials and thereby promote circular economy business. read more ...
Second Annual REPREVE® Champions of Sustainability Awards 2019-01-31 12:30:37 Unifi Awards for Partner Firms Which Helped it Recycle 14 bn Plastic Bottles Unifi, which produces textiles from recycled plastics, has reached the 14 billion bottle mark as it recognises a total of 68 companies in its second annual Champions of Sustainability awards a 36% increase over last year. read more ...
£2.6m Already Raise for Yorkshire Air Ambulance with 250 Recycling Banks 2018-12-13 12:31:52 Textile Recycling Firm to Work with Lincs & Notts Air Ambulance charity In the north of England textile recycling organisation BIU Group has signed a new agreement to help raise funds for the Lincs & Notts Air Ambulance charity. read more ... Textile Recycling Firm Nathan’s Wastesavers to Deploy High-Tech Bins 2018-07-13 10:40:11 Egbert Tayor Develops Access Control for Textile Recycling Bins Droitwich based bin manufacturer, Egbert Taylor, has helped Nathan’s Wastesavers, one of the UK’s largest textile recycling companies, become the first UK business to offer a textile bank with access control. read more ... Partnership with I:CO to Boost Textile and Footwear Recycling 2018-06-19 12:23:01 GUESS Scheme to Reuse & Recycle Used Clothing Californian clothing manufacturer, GUESS, has partnered with I:Collect - a global solutions provider for the collection, certified sorting, reuse and recycling of used apparel and footwear. read more ... BIU Group in the 2017 Parliamentary Review 2017-10-20 10:45:22 Success for Charitable Textile Reuse & Recycling Business Model UK textile recycling firm, BIU Group, has had its charitable business model included in the 2017 Parliamentary Review, which celebrates best industry practice. read more ... Cradle to Grave Life Cycle Assessment of Textiles 2017-06-14 13:27:47 GORE-TEX Manufacturer to Boost Recycled Content of Textiles Following a Life Cycle Assessment, W.L. Gore & Associates’ Fabrics Division is to increase its offering of recycled face-fabric textiles in its GORE-TEX® range. read more ... Sainsbury’s & Oxfam Seeking to Increase Reuse & Recycling of Clothing 2017-04-06 09:37:38 UK to Discard 680m Items of Clothing this Spring – 235m Destined for Landfill A whopping 680 million items of clothing will be thrown out in the UK this season alone, with some 235 million garments making their way to landfill, according to research conducted on behalf of Sainsbury’s. read more ... Goal to Recycle 45,000 tonnes of Waste Textiles PA 2016-06-28 13:25:29 Swedes Take on Automated Textile Sorting to Boost Recycling A project being led by the IVL Swedish Environmental Research Institute is developing an automated sorting system for waste textiles in a bid to increase the recycling rate from its current 5%. read more ...
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