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Adidas and H&M join project to scale circular fashion and recycled fibers

GreenBiz

Adidas and H&M join project to scale circular fashion and recycled fibers. Finally, sustainable fashion platform Fashion for Good has been tasked with leading stakeholder co-operation and communications efforts, with branding support from Finland's Aalto University and Infinited Fiber Company. "The Textile Waste.

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Adidas and H&M fire starting pistol on 'world first' circular fashion project

Business Green

Adidas and H&M Group are among a host of fashion and textile firms to have teamed up for an EU-funded sustainable fashion project announced today, which aims to develop a circular economy for clothing that would result in old garments and fibres being recycled into new items for major high street brands.

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5 circular economy startups we've got our eyes on

GreenBiz

Huue is a biotechnology startup working to clean up the apparel industry’s manufacturing footprint by creating sustainable dyes for textiles, food and cosmetics. Textiles and the fashion industry account for about 20 percent of global wastewater pollution, 10 percent of global carbon emissions and 17 million tons of municipal solid waste.

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Lab-grown algae feeds opportunity for sustainable ingredients

Envirotec Magazine

Funded by the Industrial Biotechnology Innovation Centre (IBioIC), the results of the project could help to unlock new Scottish supply chains for natural and sustainable feeds. For this project, species were specifically selected for their commercial viability, to minimise potential waste and maximise value.

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Swiss firm reveals first ever shoe made from carbon emissions

Envirotec Magazine

Lanzatech’s technology is described as “a combination of cutting-edge genetic engineering, state-of-the-art biotechnology, artificial intelligence, and innovations in mechanical and chemical engineering”.

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Adidas and H&M join project to scale circular fashion and recycled fibers

AGreenLiving

Over three years, the New Cotton Project will see textile waste collected and sorted via consumer apparel take-back programs, then regenerated into cellulose-based textile fibers by Finnish biotechnology specialist Infinited Fiber Company, the 12 project partners confirmed.

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TED Talk: Possible Futures from the Intersection of Nature, Tech, and Society

Sustainability Consulting

Designers at Faber Futures have developed toxin-free, water-efficient textile dye with a pigment-producing bacterium for the textile and fashion industries bringing a new take to circular design. Microbes can be designed to clean up toxic waste sites or replace petroleum-based textiles with renewable ones.