Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In the United States, textile waste grew 80 percent since 2000 — four times greater than the overall waste stream. To turn the ...

If you’ve recently visited a biennial or attended an art fair, museum, or gallery show, you’ve probably noticed that textiles are showing up everywhere amid a surge of interest in the medium. It has ...

The average American tosses 82 pounds of clothing and contributes to a global waste of 92 million tons of textiles and leftover fibers every year, according to Earth.org. While we all hope the systems ...

According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, textiles accounted for nearly 6 percent of the municipal solid waste generated in 2018, the most recent data available on the agency’s website.

TAIPEI, Taiwan--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Taiwan Textile Federation recently released an explainer video detailing the latest developments of one of the country’s most innovative sectors - “Discover Taiwan ...

Colorful printed pattern of abstract flowers and swirls on a textile. High-resolution color patterns can be printed directly onto cotton using pigment inks rather than dyes to reduce the use of water ...

The fashion industry might not be the first that comes to mind as a superuser of fossil fuels. But modern textiles rely heavily on petrochemical products that come from many of the same oil and gas ...

Polyester is one of the biggest sustainability challenges in the textile industry. It does not disintegrate, and while it's in nearly 60% of clothing, only 1% of textile waste is recycled into new ...

Nirmala Sitharaman announced the Mahatma Gandhi Gram Swaraj initiative to strengthen khadi and handloom activities, boosting ...

I propose Samarth 2.0 to modernize and upgrade the textile skilling ecosystem through collaboration with industry and ...