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Year in Review: How the Denim Industry Innovated Fibers, Dyes and Recycling in 2023

Sustainability underpins most new technologies and products from the denim supply chain.

Editor’s Picks: 7 Articles That Explain What’s Happening in Denim

From Y2K to nearshoring, the global denim industry encountered many highs and lows in 2023.

Renewcell Gets Some Breathing Room With $10 Million Injection

The Swedish textile recycling company warns, however, that this isn't a "long-term solution."

Birla Cellulose Dissects the Challenges of Recycled Textile Sourcing

Birla Cellulose outlines key challenges to recycled textile sourcing and how collaborative innovation can…

Germany’s Eeden Tackles Chemical Recycling for Cotton-PET Fiber Blends

Eeden effectively separates cotton from the PET portion of a blended textile so that both can be spun into…

YKK Eliminates Key Barrier to Textile-to-Textile Recycling

The zipper company increased its use of sustainable materials by 14 percent last year.

Smartwool’s Textile Recycling Partner Gets $10 Million Grant for Expansion

The growth of The Industrial Commons, which operates textile recycler Material Return, will impact North…

Reformation Partner SuperCircle Scores $7 Million

The textile recycling startup aims to process 1 million garments a month, up from 150,000 today.

This One Program Helps the Planet and Brings Consumers to Your Store

Cotton Incorporated's Blue Jeans Go Green™ denim recycling program has diverted more than 2,290 tons of the…

The Footwear Collective Wants to Tackle Shoe Circularity at Scale

Brooks Running, Crocs, Ecco, New Balance, Reformation, On and Target are among the fledgling nonprofit's…

Renewcell Wins 2023 Nordic Council Environment Prize

Fellow textile innovator Infinited Fiber Company was also nominated for the 300,000 Danish kroner, or…

Textile Recycling Sees Flurry of Activity

Worn Again Technologies joins the ACTR, Hybridworks raises a $3.2 million seed round and Greybull acquires a…

Bridging the Gap: Integrating Recyclers’ Perspectives into European Textile Sustainability Policies

Recover aims to be an agent of change, demonstrating both environmental and social benefits that the use of…

Accelerating Circularity Forms Working Group, Issues Dictionary of Chemical Recycling Terms

The circular textile supply chain nonprofit says success depends on a unified message that gets everyone on…

Puma, On and Salomon Help Carbios Launch Polyester Recycling Innovation

The patented innovation converts used garments or scraps into raw material suitable for the company's…