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03/01/2020 – Recycling
Recycling
In a new guise: How old PET bottles are turned into jackets, bags or fruit bags.
recycling
© Hochschule Reutlingen
19/12/2019 – From fibre back to fibre
From fibre back to fibre
Textiles are still mainly made from fresh fibres. A circular economy has largely not yet been established. This will change soon.
ProEarth was created to help offset the more than 16mn tons of textile waste produced in the US alone each year. © Schoeller
12/12/2019 – ProEarth Textiles
ProEarth Textiles
ProEarth is a part of Schoeller FTC (SFTC) line, a joint venture between Schoeller Textil AG and the Taiwanese Formosam Taffeta Co. Ltd.
Nets made from Lenzing’s Lyocell fibres are compostable and biodegradable. © Lenzing/E. Grebe
25/11/2019 – Top 10 – innovations 2019
Top 10 – innovations 2019
Several new technotextile developments hit the headlines during this year of big trade fairs. One of our Top 10 developments is made of fibres.
Ernst Grimmelt, Managing Director and Sales Manager Yarns at Velener Textil © Iris Schlomski
27/08/2019 – Sustainability
Sustainability
No-waste, sustainability, eco-friendliness: Values that are close to the heart of the textile company Velener Textil in Velen, Germany.
Bis 2020 sollen 25 Prozent der gesamten Zeeman-Kollektion aus verantwortungsvoll hergestellten Materialien bestehen. Tragetasche aus Recyclingmaterial. © Zeemann
12/07/2019 – Zeeman
Zeeman
Der niederländische Einzelhändler Zeeman bringt eine neue nachhaltige und trotzdem erschwingliche Kollektion in die Regale.
PET bottles are turned into polyethylene fibres whose first textile use is as protective rainwear … after which they are recycled again into T-shirts. © Carl Weiske
19/06/2019 – Sustainability
Sustainability
How would it be if a PET bottle that had been recycled into fibres were then to re-emerge successively as different types of clothing?