Textiles

Charges of 50p to £1 a garment could raise up to £4 billion a year for textile recycling, with most shoppers preferring a visible, traffic-light label over a hidden fee.

Project backed by H&M Group, C&A and Reformation produced T-shirts, sweaters and blouses from Indian wheat straw that would otherwise be burned.

Fashion for Good study of 8,280 garments across four EU countries finds 78 per cent are physically fit for reuse but fashion trends and brand identity set the price.

Roadmap identifies eight intervention areas to close collection gaps and build textile-to-textile recycling capacity of 2.7 million tonnes by 2035, with two programmes already underway.

Coalition of 19 businesses, NGOs and repair networks send letter to Keir Starmer warning that continued delays misses out on jobs and consumer savings

Bangladesh-based Tier 2 manufacturer partners with five materials innovators to supply recycled and biodegradable trims to fashion brands without a price premium.

Epoch Biodesign's $50m-backed demonstration plant will process hundreds of tonnes of post-consumer nylon 6,6 a year, from airbag fabric to activewear.

Research drawing on stakeholder interviews finds overproduction and low emotional durability are keeping clothes unworn in wardrobes long before they are discarded.

Fashion for Good's Project FAE will design regional sorting and pre-processing hubs to supply textile-to-textile recyclers that currently depend on cleaner post-industrial waste.

A free toolkit maps the fashion industry as interconnected islands rather than a linear chain, allocating carbon emissions by stage and identifying the systemic forces that lock high-carbon models in place.

Environmental network outlines dual-budget EPR model and interim circularity fund ahead of EU Circular Economy Act.

February review concludes with decision to end all household waste recycling centre collections

Eight European associations call for transition period and repeal of two-day advance notice requirement