Fibres sustainability feed
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Report summary
Table of contents
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January
- Ambercycle has signed offtake agreements for output from its plant due to come onstream in 2026
- Carbios to delay the construction of its Longlaville plant by 6-9 months
- Carbios seeking to finalise financial arrangements before restarting plant construction
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December
- Woodspin to supply Puma with Spinnova’s cellulosic fibre
- Textile-to-textile recycling still far from making a significant contribution to the circular textile economy
- While textile fibre recycling is small textile fibre demand continues to grow steadily
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November
- Earthworm morbidity high when exposed to viscose microfibres
- Modal and viscose fabrics almost fully degraded in soil after four months
- Assessing textile fibres environmental benefits and harms has become a challenge
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October
- Chemical recycler Ioniqa Technologies has filed for bankruptcy
- The major waste textiles collector and sorter Soex files for insolvency proceedings
- Implementation of extended producer (EPR) responsibility rules to cut textile waste
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September
- The volume of waste textiles is considerable and growing
- European infrastructure required to collect, sort and process the rising volume of textile waste
- Consumers need greater awareness of textile industry’s sustainability issues
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August
- Efficient waste textile collection and sorting is crucial for textile recycling
- The EU’s Circular Economy Action Plan and mandatory recycled content in textile products
- Carbios has established supply chains to ensure sufficient feedstock for its French recycling plant
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July
- The EU’s new deforestation regulation is set to impact the production and use of MMCFs
- Growing concerns with the cost and bureaucracy associated with the EUDR
- Galy is developing laboratory grown cotton
- Inditex is using strategic investments to boost its drive to develop a sustainable textile economy
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June
- Technology developed to recycle cotton in waste fabric by producing a high purity cellulose pulp
- ShareTex is to build a pilot textile recycling plant in Spain for Ence
- Re:Spin seeks to produce a cellulose spinning dope directly from waste textiles
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May
- Development of biobased feedstock for the manufacture of spandex fibre
- Spandex recycling has been challenging
- Selective solvent extraction points to a possible route to recycle spandex
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April
- Western Europe dominates the global trade in worn clothing
- Little growth in the value, volume or unit price of extra-West European worn clothing exports
- Africa is the major destination for West European exports of worn clothing
- Rise in fast fashion is driving the increase in the volume of discarded clothing
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March
- Renewcell files for bankruptcy
- Many impediments present to disrupt the commercialisation of fibre recycling technology
- Syre, a H&M and Vargas Holding joint venture, is constructing a polyester recycling plant in the US
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February
- Companies recycling fabrics made with blended or mixed fibres face considerable challenges
- BASF and Inditex announce the development of the loopamid process to recycle nylon 6 in discarded textiles
- The Swedish recycler Renewcell files for bankruptcy
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January
- Government policy could provide a standardized framework for the development of a sustainable textile industry
- The European Commission is developing a suite of regulations to promote textile sustainability and recyclability
- Price and value remain the most important determinants in consumers’ purchasing decisions
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December
- Increase in the textile industry’s adverse environmental impact with the growth in fast fashion
- Strong growth in clothing resale platforms
- The EU is set to introduce new rules to encourage textile repair and prevent textile destruction
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November
- The textile industry and its products are a major source of microplastics
- Textile manufacture, laundry and use are also major sources of microfibres
- Measures to cut microfibre pollution have been identified
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October
- Mitsubishi, Suntory and ENEOS have established a partnership to produce 100% bio-polyester
- Avantium’s technology is being used to produce bio-PTA and bio-MEG for the production of bio-polyester
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September
- Several firms developing technologies to use carbon dioxide as feedstock for fibre precursors
- 1. Lanza Tech.
- 2. Fairbrics.
- 3. Rubi Laboratories .
- 4. Newlight Technologies .
- 5. Covestro .
- 6. Econic Technologies.
- 7. Nature Works
- CO 2 can be used as feedstock for fibre production
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August
- Fibre blends and combinations pose particular challenges for textile recyclers
- Several firms now developing technology to recycle mixed fibres
- Södra and Renewcell have established commercial plants recycling cellulose fibre
- The EU has introduced its anti-deforestation regulation (EUDR)
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July
- H&M Foundation’s Global Change Awards
- The Microfiber Innovation Challenge
- Carbios secures funding for the polyester recycling plant in Longlaville (France)
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June
- The textile industry is a major global industry and a major source of environmental pollution
- While consumer awareness of the importance of sustainability grows, cost remains a prime factor shaping purchasing decisions
- Governments introducing legislation to improve the textile industry’s sustainability and recycling performance
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May
- Growing interest in the development of environmentally friendly textile bio-fibres
- Engineered microbes are providing a route for bio-fibre production
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April
- A small number of companies are developing technologies to recycle the different fibres in blended fabrics
- Hydrothermal and chemical technologies used to recycle mixed fibres
- Platform launched in China to promote textile recycling and sustainable fibres
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March
- Growing interest in the use of enzymes to recycle textile fibres
- 1. Cellulose
- 2. Polyester
- Enzymatic recycling of textile fibres is still in its infancy
- Enzyme-based technology offers the possibility of an environmentally friendly recycling process
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February
- The chemistry for recycling the synthetic polymers used for fibres is well known
- Many firms have used glycolysis to recycle polyester
- Growing requisite to develop technologies to chemically recycle textiles made with mixed fibres
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January
- Open-loop recycling to produce fresh polyester fibre is based on recycling polyester bottles
- Growing capacity to produce fresh polyester fibre from discarded bottles
- Technology available to lift mechanically recycled polyester's properties
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December
- Strong growth in sales of secondhand clothing
- The use of mechanical recycling is set to grow
- Renewcell signs agreements for its Circulose pulp with Eastman and Lenzing
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November
- Bio-based monomers and fibres under development to lessen the textile industry’s sustainability record
- Avantium constructing a plant to produce 2,5-furandicarboxylic acid (FCDA) for polyethylene furanoate (PEF) manufacture
- Lycra Company and Hyosung have announced the launch of bio-based spandex fibre
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October
- Textile polyester fibre has become a major waste issue
- Many routes under development and commercialisation to recycle textile polyester fibre
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September
- Sateri has recently made a major investment in textile recycling technology
- The major viscose and lyocell producers are advancing technology to use more recycled cellulose in their cellulosic fibres
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August 2022
- Textile waste in the EU and Switzerland is set to reach 8.5-9.0 million tonnes by 2030
- Euratex is planning to establish five hubs across Europe to process Europe’s textile waste
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July 2022
- Are sustainable cellulosic fibres an important component of the textile industry’s response to its environmental issues
- Lyocell’s development as a sustainable cellulosic fibre has been spread over six decades
- China: trend in viscose staple, lyocell staple and cotton prices, Jan 2018 – July 2022
- China: trend in price differential between ( i ) lyocell-VSF; and (ii) lyocell-cotton
- Chinese lyocell exports have surged in recent years as more lyocell capacity was added
- China: trend in lyocell staple imports
- China: trend in lyocell staple exports
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June 2022
- The Belgium start-up Noosa is developing sustainable polylactic acid fibre for textile applications
- Several companies are exploring textile applications for bio-materials made from fungal mycelia
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May 2022
- Carbon capture technology being developed to sequester carbon and decarbonise industries including the textile industry
- Fairbrics and LanzaTech are using CO2 as feedstock for MEG production
- Will cellulosic fibres be used to sequester carbon
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April 2022
- Puma launches project to recycle polyester sportswear chemically
- Technology developed to assess presence of recycled bottle polyester in garments
- Renewcell to expand Circulose production to 120 ktpa
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March 2022
- The apparel industry supply chain’s GHG emissions set to rise by 55% by 2030
- Carbios and Indorama Ventures to build plant to recycle polyester waste enzymatically
- Eastman constructing French recycling plant that will utilise its PET renewal technology
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February 2022
- The European Commission is committed to a sustainable and circular textile market
- EC’s roadmap for Europe’s textiles market
- Majority of textiles sourced from outside Europe
- Brands and their design teams to play major role in establishing circular textile economy
- Textile industry is one source of microplastics
- Rudi Labs to convert CO 2 to cellulosic fibres
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January 2022
- New institute launched by management fund publishes report on microfibre shedding
- Textiles shed 0.48-4.28 Mt microfibres annually
- Claim 80% of oceanic microfibres are cellulosic
- 120 million microfibres shed annually per Canadian household due to tumble drying clothes
- What is the source of polymorphic cellulose?
- Patagonia partnering Samsung to cut microfibres
Tables and charts
This report includes 21 images and tables including:
- World: total consumer demand for all fibres (2015-2040)
- Total fibre demand per capita by major regions (2015-2040)
- Global fibre demand in 2023 and 2024
- Weight loss of textile swatches buried for four months
- Exports of worn clothing* by major origins
- West Europe: intra- and extra-West European exports of worn clothing
- Major origins of extra-West European worn clothing exports
- West European exports of worn clothing by major destinations
- Intra- and extra- West European exports of worn clothing
- Estimated global contribution of major sources of microplastics
- Global sources of microfibres
- Chemical recycling technologies
- Polyester solvolysis: processes and products
- Polyester solvolysis recycling: processes and products
- Chart title
- GHG Emissions in the apparel supply chain
- The estimates of textile microfibre shedding by stages in the textile's life cycle were:
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