Fibres sustainability feed

Table of contents

• February
  • Microplastic pollution raises health concerns
  • Machine washing textiles releases substantial quantities of microfibres
  • CiCLO technology developed to reduce the environmental impact of synthetic microfibres
• January
  • Ambercycle has signed offtake agreements for output from its plant due to come onstream in 2026
  • Carbios to delay the construction of its Longlaville plant by 6-9 months
  • Carbios seeking to finalise financial arrangements before restarting plant construction
• December
  • Woodspin to supply Puma with Spinnova’s cellulosic fibre
  • Textile-to-textile recycling still far from making a significant contribution to the circular textile economy
  • While textile fibre recycling is small textile fibre demand continues to grow steadily
• November
  • Earthworm morbidity high when exposed to viscose microfibres
  • Modal and viscose fabrics almost fully degraded in soil after four months
  • Assessing textile fibres environmental benefits and harms has become a challenge
• October
  • Chemical recycler Ioniqa Technologies has filed for bankruptcy
  • The major waste textiles collector and sorter Soex files for insolvency proceedings
  • Implementation of extended producer (EPR) responsibility rules to cut textile waste
• September
  • The volume of waste textiles is considerable and growing
  • European infrastructure required to collect, sort and process the rising volume of textile waste
  • Consumers need greater awareness of textile industry’s sustainability issues
• August
  • Efficient waste textile collection and sorting is crucial for textile recycling
  • The EU’s Circular Economy Action Plan and mandatory recycled content in textile products
  • Carbios has established supply chains to ensure sufficient feedstock for its French recycling plant
• July
  • The EU’s new deforestation regulation is set to impact the production and use of MMCFs
  • Growing concerns with the cost and bureaucracy associated with the EUDR
  • Galy is developing laboratory grown cotton
  • Inditex is using strategic investments to boost its drive to develop a sustainable textile economy
• June
  • Technology developed to recycle cotton in waste fabric by producing a high purity cellulose pulp
  • ShareTex is to build a pilot textile recycling plant in Spain for Ence
  • Re:Spin seeks to produce a cellulose spinning dope directly from waste textiles
• May
  • Development of biobased feedstock for the manufacture of spandex fibre
  • Spandex recycling has been challenging
  • Selective solvent extraction points to a possible route to recycle spandex
• April
  • Western Europe dominates the global trade in worn clothing
  • Little growth in the value, volume or unit price of extra-West European worn clothing exports
  • Africa is the major destination for West European exports of worn clothing
  • Rise in fast fashion is driving the increase in the volume of discarded clothing
• March
  • Renewcell files for bankruptcy
  • Many impediments present to disrupt the commercialisation of fibre recycling technology
  • Syre, a H&M and Vargas Holding joint venture, is constructing a polyester recycling plant in the US
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Tables and charts

This report includes the following images and tables:

• World: total consumer demand for all fibres (2015-2040)
• Total fibre demand per capita by major regions (2015-2040)
• Global fibre demand in 2023 and 2024

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• Fibres sustainability feed

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