Textile industry

Global Japan

Japan’s Brewed Protein textile leads the future of circular fashion

In partnership with The Government of Japan

In this episode of Green Japan we report on a groundbreaking Japanese innovation called Brewed Protein, which can be used to make infinitely recyclable clothes. The fabric is made by microbes, and offers a sustainable solution to tackle the millions of tonnes of textile waste generated every year.

04/02/2025

Business Planet

Sustainable fashion through recycling

In partnership with The European Commission

From cast-off clothes to fishing nets Europeans produce a staggering 12.6 million tonnes of textile waste per year. Most is burned, dumped in landfills or exported. But fibre-to-fibre recycling is another option that a new European Commission scheme will push companies to take.

03/10/2023

Eco-Innovation

These robots are saving waste from landfill by ripping up shoes

This French company is revolutionising fashion waste recycling with cutting-edge tech.

13/09/2023

World News

Euroviews. Fast fashion is our generation's nuclear bomb

When it comes to fashion, we need to stop the radioactive fallout caused by our own ingenuity before it’s too late, Shelley Rogers writes.

11/09/2023

Scenes

Meet the French eco-chic architect crafting fashionable bricks

In partnership with Media City

In partnership with Media City, Qatar. "I took two t-shirts, I compressed them into a brick, and it held. That's how the idea of ​​FabBRICK emerged!"

04/09/2023

Eco-Innovation

Fast fashion firms brace for EU crackdown on waste mountain

The fashion industry needs to put much more funding into tackling clothing waste.

01/09/2023

The Road To Green

The Road to Green meets Vinted, fashion bloggers and ancient recyclers

In partnership with The European Commission

Should we put fast fashion in the recycling bin? In this episode of The Road to Green we shop with sustainable fashionista Deimantė Bulbenkaitė, get insight from Vinted's Adam Jay, explain the EU's QR clothing passport, and witness ancient wool recycling.

18/07/2023

The Road To Green

What is the sustainable technique of mechanical recycling?

In partnership with The European Commission

Comistra is a well-known wool recycling company in Prato, Italy. To obtain the fibre it uses a method called mechanical recycling, which is deemed to be one of the most sustainable and energy-efficient methods of material extraction. But what is it, exactly?

18/07/2023

World News

Euroviews. Microplastic pollution keeps getting worse. Filtration could be a fix

Every day we don’t have filtration, more and more microplastics are released into our wastewater, end up in our food chains, and find their way into our bodies, Dr Paul Servin writes.

24/04/2023

Culture news

New York Fashion Week 2023: Rodarte and Siriano's new collections

Big, bright and brash is how New York likes to think of itself and this year's fashion week has certainly lived up to city's reputation with some innovative designs and dressmaking.

15/02/2023

Eco-Innovation

Waiters in this restaurant wear aprons which absorb CO2 from the air

A restaurant in Stockholm is trialling cotton aprons that capture carbon dioxide from the air, before using it in their greenhouse.

06/06/2022

World News

A greener future for fashion

Activists, designers and consumers say the fashion industry needs to cut its cloth to meet green targets #GreenWeek

03/06/2022

The Exchange

Why sustainable and stylish is the new look

In partnership with Media City

The fashion industry is a €2.8 trillion behemoth that includes everything from clothing to bags, shoes to sportswear. But it all comes at a high environmental cost.

11/05/2022

Europe News

Brussels unveils supply chain law to guard against human rights abuses

European companies are under pressure to police their supply chains for environmental and human rights breaches.

23/02/2022

Gaza

Unemployment in Gaza sees textile workers team up with Israeli firms

A new chapter in the Palestinian-Israeli relationship brings together the textile workers in Gaza — where the unemployment rate is estimated to be around 55 per cent — and Israeli companies in need of cheap clothes manufacturers.

27/01/2022

Living

Why are polluting oil-based fabrics still selling freely in the EU?

New campaign Make the Label Count says the EU needs to update its sustainable clothing label scheme to avoid greenwashing.

13/10/2021

Nature

Why are rivers turning blue in Africa?

Fast fashion is ‘killing’ Africa’s rivers by polluting them with chemicals and dyes.

19/08/2021

Next Series

"H&M has responsibility to lead on green issues": head of sustainability

In partnership with Accenture

Pascal Brun, the head of sustainability for clothes retailer H&M, talks of the company's goal to become climate positive, how fast fashion is nearing an end and how the industry should shape a new environmentally friendly era.

13/05/2021

Living

Algae is on the rise as the fabric of the future

A young London designer has created a dress which produces almost no waste.

05/03/2021

Living

These cashmere scarves can be planted back into the soil after use

A group of women have designed a completely biodegradable fabric in the UK.

20/12/2020