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H&M winning textile innovations in dyes, textile recycling
August 1, 2025 | Swatches
The H&M Global Change Award annually honors early-stage innovations trying to tackle environmental issues in the textile and fashion industry, such as reducing emissions, textile recycling and creating cleaner materials. Here are this year’s winners in recycling processes and dyes.
Invasive seaweed and seafood waste become fibers, canvas
August 1, 2025 | Swatches
Experiments in his workshop using invasive seaweed and seafood waste started French artist Eugène Riconneaus on a journey into materials science, specifically marine-based polymers and a bright blue bio-pigment, the latter derived from cyanobacteria.
Polar bear hair grease research may offer a PFAS alternative
July 1, 2025 | Swatches
A study conducted by University of Bergen and Trinity College researchers has found that polar bear sebum, or hair grease, is as ice-resistant as PFAS. Their discovery may lead to an alternative to fluorocarbon coatings.
UNIFI gives sustainability awards and REPREVE facility tours
July 1, 2025 | Swatches
The Champions of Sustainability celebration hosted by UNIFI® Inc., Greensboro, N.C., was expanded in 2025 to include speakers on sustainability and tours of two of its facilities in addition to honoring milestones of its brand partners, based on the number of equivalent PET bottles that a brand has…
Avantium demonstrates scalability of chemical recycling
July 1, 2025 | Swatches
Renewable polymers company Avantium of Amsterdam, Netherlands, conducted research and an economic study on poly-cotton chemical hydrolysis recycling, finding a case for textile waste feedstock to create input for its operations compared to fructose or hardwood.