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- Raingear and swimwear made from recycled plastic bottlesAlarmed by the prediction that plastic will outnumber fish in the ocean by weight in 2050, several companies have turned to recycling plastic bottles…
- Transforming Textile Waste into Acoustic SolutionsA new range of acoustic panels by Sze Tjin Yek made from post-consumer textile waste provides opportunities for architects, interior designers, and product designers…
- Recycled PET blendWaste2Wear is specialized in the recycling of plastic waste into high quality, yarns, woven and non-woven fabrics and finished textile products. The recycled PET (RPET) blended fabrics consist of at least 30% RPET. Waste2Wear fabrics are made from very high twisted filament yarns, with a high number of fibers. This increases breathability and makes them very comfortable to wear.
- Plastic made to be recycledResearchers at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory in the US developed a type of plastic that was made to be recycled. There are so many…
- TEXTILE SOFTWALL + SOFTBLOCKA 100% polyethylene non-woven textile material with a lightweight paper-like look and feel. A modular space shaping system utilizing flexible honeycomb structures that expand contract and flex, forming sculptural spaces and seating spaces.
- Tulip Poplar And Recycled Wool Shape Decomposable FootwearMost footwear combines several materials that are difficult to separate and recycle. TULIP, a concept by industrial designer Zoe Mocklar, explores a different material…
- FLOCC: Recycled Cotton FlockFLOCC is a sustainable textile innovation that transforms cotton waste from heritage lace production into soft, luxurious flock fibres for interiors, fashion, and surface applications. Using electrostatic flocking, FLOCC creates rich, velvety surfaces applied to MYB Textiles’ fabrics, turning production waste into tactile, design-ready materials suited to both experimental and high-value applications.
- Textile brickThe textile brick is a sustainable and eco-friendly building material made from recycled textile waste and natural binders. It offers thermal insulation, sound reduction, and good mechanical strength, making it ideal for indoor applications. By utilising waste textiles, this project helps reduce landfills and contributes to a more eco-friendly environment.
- Welded Loop: Mono-Material Sneakers Made from Recyclable TPUDutch designers Suzanne Oude Hengel and Joris de Groot have developed an innovative sneaker crafted entirely from a single material: thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU). Their…
- Recycled PETThe 100% recycled PET (RPET) collection comes in a variety of fabrics. Waste2Wear is specialised in the recycling of plastic waste into high quality, yarns, woven and non-woven fabrics and finished textile products.
- Recycled FabricSingtex® recycle polyester fabrics use PET bottles and scrapped polyester textiles as raw material to manufacture recycled fiber in order to produce green product.
- Velo Chair Highlights Recycled Materials and Responsive DesignLAYER and Spanish manufacturer Andreu World introduce Velo, a task chair developed with a strong focus on material behaviour, comfort and circularity. The chair,…
- Re_Work by TextielMuseum: Weaving Circularity into Everyday TextilesThe new Re_Work collection by TextielMuseum shows how circular thinking can transform even the most familiar objects. Designed by the Eindhoven-based collective Envisions, this…
- Eyewear made of recycled clothesGerman start-up Kleiderly recycles waste clothing into a new material that they use to make sunglasses. There is 5.5 kilograms of textile waste per…
- Corrugated boards made of recycled denimIn order to raise awareness for the waste streams of the fashion and textile industries, designer Benjamin Stanton developed corrugated boards made of recycled…
- Infinitely recyclable and biodegradable clothingAdidas by Stella McCartney, in collaboration with Evrnu and Bolt Threads, designed a tennis dress made of engineered silk and a hoodie said to…
- Standing textilesThe strong and sturdy structure gives the suggestion of a solid volume, but the lack of support and hollowness make them seem on the edge of breaking. The volumes are built up, thread by thread, on a custom-made weaving loom.
- How sustainable is recycled polyester?Author: Marjorie van Elven from FashionUnited About 49 percent of the world’s clothing is made of polyester and Greenpeace forecasts this percentage to nearly…
- Wood Fibre TextilesTextiles made of wood include Tencel, Viscose, Lenzing FR and Lenzing Modal. Tencel is more absorbent than cotton, softer than silk and cooler than linen. Viscose is naturally botanic, absorbs moisture well and is pleasant on the skin. Lenzing FR offers protection from different kinds of heat: fire, radiant heat, electric arcs, molten metals and flash fires. Lenzing Modal is extracted from beech wood.
- Recycled Jeans on The WallRecycled Textile on the Wall and Recycled Jeans on the Wall are sustainable wall and ceiling decorations made of textile fibres. Discarded clothes and jeans are turned into a decorative and acoustic wall covering by unraveling the clothes and mixing the resulting fibres with a biobased glue. By using fibres of different colours and with additions to the fibres, interesting decorative effects can be created.
- UNWASTE™ – Cushioning from Post-Consumer TextilesUNWASTE™ is a cushioning material developed by A BLUNT STORY as an alternative to conventional plastic-based foams used in footwear uppers. It uses 100% post-consumer garment waste that is unsuitable for resale or conventional recycling. Mixed and damaged textile waste is processed and transformed into a cushioning material for lifestyle footwear, diverting it from incineration or landfill.
- Stella CS recycled fabricStella CS is a semi-transparent taffeta fabric by Nya Nordiska, developed for both residential and contract interiors. The textile is available in a palette of 28 solid colours, ranging from light, understated neutrals to deeper, more saturated tones, allowing for a wide range of colour combinations and applications. The fabric is woven from 100% recycled polyester Trevira CS yarn and weighs approximately 100 g/m².
- Air-Purifying Textile Façade by Schüco Reduces NOx by 30%German building systems manufacturer Schüco has developed a textile façade that purifies the air by breaking down harmful nitrogen oxides (NOx). Using sunlight, the…
- DePoly to Launch Showcase Facility for Fossil-Free PET RecyclingSwiss cleantech company DePoly will open a 500-tonne-per-year demonstration plant this summer in Monthey, Switzerland. The facility is designed to validate its chemical recycling…
