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Gen Phoenix aircraft seats designed for recycling
October 1st, 2024
Being able to recycle all parts of an aircraft seat, from seat cover to cushion to frame, meant taking that goal into consideration from the start of the design. Gen Phoenix aims to have the recycled seat covers available early next year. Image: Gen Phoenix and Doy Design Gen Phoenix, of Peterborough, England, recently unveiled […]
Denim waste becomes a jet plane (artwork), cabinetry
July 1st, 2023
Artist Maartin Baas wanted to make a statement about the tension between people’s desire for the “new” and the need to actually have less and use fewer resources. Though the plane is just a metaphor, the jeans cabinets, made from recycled denim board, are available for purchase. Photos: G-Star One company’s textile waste is another’s […]
Accelerating Circularity updates USA trial status
March 30th, 2022
The EPA estimates 11 million tons of textiles are dumped into landfills each year. Accelerating Circularity Inc. (ACP) embarked on trials in the USA in the fourth quarter of 2021 to demonstrate that spent textiles are too good to waste. The organization’s mission is to establish systems that will use the embedded value and resources […]
DNA markers key to tracing recycled fibers
March 1st, 2022
A display showing various types of recycled fibers with DNA marking. Photo: Soorty. As circularity begins to take prominence in the textile world, a traceable supply chain is becoming the marker of companies serious about sustainability. Mills are seeking solutions to trace recycled fibers. Pakistan-based denim manufacturer Soorty has partnered with the Swiss technology company […]
Toward Circularity
January 1st, 2022
We often hear the word circularity used in conjunction with sustainability. It is the idea that, at the end of its lifecycle, a product can be broken down into its basic components and be reused rather than destroyed. That’s a big issue right now for the textile industry, which is increasingly under fire to reduce […]
The circular future of specialty fabrics
July 1st, 2021
Climatex® Dualcycle™ technology combines new wool, Lenzing™ FR and recycled nylon to create a recyclable upholstery fabric. Its development was spurred by a desire to achieve circularity without compromising performance standards. Photo: Climatex AG. When it comes to sustainability, the textile industry has come a long way since it tentatively dipped its toes into the […]
New technology for textile recycling underway
April 1st, 2021
Swiss fluid engineering company Sulzer announced that its partnership with H&M Group and Worn Again Technologies is developing technology for closed-loop recycling of textiles. Because of the complexity of garment production, chemical recycling techniques to date have been applied to a minor share of end-of-use textiles and clothing. As the major technology partner for U.K.-based […]
Sustainable practices in today’s textile industry
February 1st, 2020
by Marie O’Mahony The story of sustainability in the textile industry has grown and changed, particularly in the last decade. The concept of “circularity” is now driving sustainability across the materials sector. According to the Ellen MacArthur Foundation, “A circular economy is based on the principles of designing out waste and pollution, keeping products and […]