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WEBSPONSORED CONTENT- The garment and textile industry is known for its high water consumption, which annually uses 79 trillion litres of water 1 – enough to meet the needs of 27% of the world’s population under WHO standards. It’s estimated that fashion also contributes significantly to global industrial wastewater, posing risks to both human health and aquatic life if untreated.
World’s first free digital map of apparel factories
WEBOct 11, 2018 · The latest beta version of the Open Apparel Registry (OAR) is a database of apparel facilities that uses Google's Geo-coding to identify yarn and fabric mills, textile dye-houses and finishers as well as garment manufacturing facilities. It works in a similar way to Google maps. The new, free-to-use tool, currently in development, creates a ...
Novetex launches textile upcycling system - Ecotextile News
WEBJul 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 ...
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WEBSPONSORED CONTENT- The garment and textile industry is known for its high water consumption, which annually uses 79 trillion litres of water 1 – enough to meet the needs of 27% of the world’s population under WHO standards. It’s estimated that fashion also contributes significantly to global industrial wastewater, posing risks to both human health and aquatic life if untreated.
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STICA study confirms scale of Scope 3 emissions
WEBApr 26, 2022 · STOCKHOLM - Swedish apparel and textile companies have confirmed that 95 per cent of their greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions are produced in their global supply chains (Scope 3), in a new study by the Swedish Textile Initiative for Climate Action (STICA). A total of 40 leading Swedish companies jointly mapped their Scope 3 …
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Sappi and Biophilica partner on ‘leather from leaves’ - Ecotextile …
WEBMar 7, 2024 · JOHANNESBURG – South African pulp and paper company Sappi has partnered with UK materials innovator Biophilica on the latter’s 'Treekind' leather alternative. Biophilica has formulated the compostable, plastic-free leather alternative with lignocellulose from leaves and a natural binder, which is designed to break down in …
H&M Group launches circular design tool - News
WEBNov 17, 2021 · STOCKHOLM - Swedish retailer H&M has launched a circular design tool - the 'Circulator' - as part of its ambition to have all of its products designed for circularity by 2025. The tool aims to not only enable H&M’s own teams to create products fit for a circular economy but also to invite other members of the wider industry to do the same in ...
Dealing with fashion’s overproduction problem | Features | News
WEBJan 5, 2021 · This problem is only set to worsen if you believe the most recent Pulse of the Fashion Industry report, which claims global apparel consumption will rise 63 per cent to 102 million tonnes by 2030. One widely-touted prediction - recently disproven - was that COVID-19 would have the inadvertent positive of slowing down the sector and offering a ...
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