France has set out detailed rules for its national PFAS ban in textiles and footwear including an effective carve‑out for ...

Reports from Japan’s Environment Ministry say it will set a target to cut clothing waste discarded from households by 25% by ...

China’s Xinjiang region has logged a record cotton harvest for 2025 while opening a 22km tunnel that slashes travel times to ...

The market for upcycled textile pouches is set to reach nearly $1 billion (£740.4m) by 2036 according to recent estimates from market research firm Fact.MR. It currently stands at $255 million ...

Financial pressures have forced nearly 40% of surveyed US fashion companies to slash investment in sustainability and product innovation – but report finds commitment to sustainability remains high ...

Sri Lanka’s apparel sector could lose between $110 million and $290 million in export earnings due to recently imposed high US tariffs, according to new data from First Capital Research (FCR). The ...

Japanese scientists say they have created a chemical process which produces high quality recycled PET with minimal energy and resource input TOKYO - scientists at Tokyo Metropolitan University claim ...

Are concerns about forced labour in textile supply chains being ignored by UK institutes? The repercussions of Laura Murphy’s research into alleged forced labour involving Uyghur Muslims in China have ...

A free online chemical management tool developed by German authorities aims to streamline efforts to identify hazardous chemicals using a simple traffic light system–but is it a competitor to the SCI ...

NAPLES - Combining the Internet of Things (IoT) with circular economy principles could create a closed-loop model for textile production, according to a new study published in the Journal of Cleaner ...

Uzbekistan’s cotton farmers are facing a new crisis with many now dependent on private cotton clusters that dominate production and allegedly dictate unfair payment terms Cotton farmers in Uzbekistan ...

OSLO – The Norwegian Consumer Authority (CA), an independent administrative body which works to influence trading decisions across an array of markets, has lambasted what it calls “illegal marketing” ...