There’s the proverbial saying, “one man’s trash is another man’s treasure,” and as brands continue to tackle and infuse the eco-conscious conversation into their designs, Siri Johansen, ex-head of ...

Ever since the late 19th century, people have experimented with making textiles from natural-source-based gelatine, as a cheaper and less allergenic alternative to wool. Although the emergence of ...

This news release is available in German. Some 70 million tonnes of fibres are traded worldwide every year. Man-made fibres manufactured from products of petroleum or natural gas account for almost ...

Music star Pharrell Williams serves as a creative director of Bionic Yarn, a company spinning plastic waste into high-grade textiles. Bionic Yarn has partnered with several leading brands to release ...

Post-consumer plastic recycler and synthetic yarn maker Unifi outlined recent circularity gains in its 2025 Sustainability Snapshot, highlighting progress in textile-to-textile recycling. Kicked off ...

Hugo Boss says the NovaPoly material incorporates a natural additive that enables the fibres to degrade similarly to how they would in nature. The company developed NovaPoly yarn in collaboration with ...

A textile firm in Turkey's prominent industrial center Bursa, south of Istanbul, daily produces five tons of yarn from plastic bottles, the firm's general director said on Wednesday. "As a result of ...

PAKISTAN is now increasingly exploiting commercial value of cotton waste, thanks to broader use of improved technology in ginning and cotton yarn making that allows accurate separation of bulk and ...

An engineering graduate is turning thousands plastic cups into soft sweaters and beanies using a kind of "yarn" made from the plastic.

Researchers have developed a yarn from ordinary gelatine that has good qualities similar to those of merino wool fibers. Now they are working on making the yarn even more water resistant. Some 70 ...