With online shopping increasing worldwide and with that plastic waste, there is an increased need to find new solutions for more sustainable packaging. Now they introduce a new multi-brand paper packaging system that is reusable and recyclable.With Black Week just behind us and holidays around the corner, online shopping has reached its peak.  And due to the pandemic taking over this year, it is safe to say that e-commerce has changed forever. But while online orders increasing as a general glob

DUSSELDORF – German blockchain start-up Retraced has been awarded€1 million (US$1.2m) by investment firm Samaipata, which it will leverage to scale its supply chain transparency tool and broader suite of cloud-based solutions.Powered by solutions provider Oracle’s ‘Hyperledger Fabric’ blockchain platform, Retraced offers fashion industry firms the opportunity to digitise transactions thereby establishing an immutable overview of operations.José del Barrio, founding partner at Samaipata, commente

Some leaders of Zhejiang China Light Textile Industrial City Groupleading a team went todifferent markets of China Textile City and Logistics Center respectively from January 28thto January 29th to carry out workplace safety inspections before the Spring Festival. Theyclaimed thatmarkets andLogistics Center shouldpersistworkplace safetysystem andepidemic prevention and control measures to ensure the safety of group during the SpringFestival.

KINGSPORT – Eastman is looking at textiles as a key raw material for its newly announced US$250 million plastic-to-plastic recycling facility that will rely on ‘polyester and carbon renewal technology’ to boost its use of recycled raw materials in its ‘Renew’ branded polymers.The new plant initially aims to use over 100,000 metric tons of ‘plastic waste’ per year that cannot currently be recycled using mechanical methods. These specialty recycled polymers will then be used in the packaging, auto

The Government of India has imposed a 10 per cent duty (5 per cent basic customs duty and another 5 per cent Agriculture Infrastructure and Development Cess) on raw cotton with effect from February 2, 2021. This will make imports ofcostly, and may also lead to increase in prices of cotton in domestic market.Pic: ShutterstockIndia imports ELS cotton, especially Giza cotton from Egypt and Supima cotton from the US, to the tune of 10 to 12 lakhs bales per year to meet the demands of the global cust

ST GALLEN – Textile chemical management specialist Bluesign has completed its annual revision of its criteria for chemical assessment, which came into force at the end of last month.The revision incorporates the latest scientific thinking on the toxicological and ecological profile of substances, new legal classification of chemical substances, new legal consumer safety limits and revised risk assessments.Changes are based on feedback from the bluesignas well as new analytical standards and incl

Thehas reported a sharp decline in the cotton prices for 2020. The prices slipped to 63.53-81.02 cents per pound in 2020 compared to the prices of 70.75-87.25 cents per pound in the prior year. The index remained in between 65.00-70.00 cents per pound from March-August 2020 and was lowest in April at 63.53 cents per pound.Pic: TexproThe cotton prices moved down with decrease in global cotton demand by 7.60 million bales, or 6.40 per cent in March 2020, according to United States Department of Ag

ÄLMHULT – Swedish homeware giant IKEA has vowed to accelerate its transition to using only recycled polyester across its product range, after falling short of reaching its 2020 target.The company had hoped to ensure 100 per cent of its textile products used recycled content by the end of last year, and now admits that it was a “bold ambition”, as the latest figures show that it reached 90 per cent.As it looks to double down on this target, the company has now expanded its focus and will work to

ESPOO - Recycled textile producer Infinited Fiber Company's regenerated Infinna fibre is to be made available to consumers for the first time in a limited collection of jeans from H&M brand Weekday.Just 64 pairs of the jeans, made with 50 per cent Infinna and 50 per cent organic cotton, go on sale on the brand's website tomorrow - Thursday 4th February - in what Infinited Fiber Company describe as a significant milestone.Infinna is chemically recycled from 100 per cent textile waste

Bluesign, a solution provider for a sustainable textile production, has completed 2020 revision of its chemical substances lists. Coming into effect on January 29, 2021, revision incorporates new scientific knowledge on the toxicological and ecological profile of substances, new legal classification of chemical substances, new legal consumer safety limits.Further, the revision also includes revised risk assessments based on the Bluesign Critera for chemical assessment, feedback from experts of t