SULTAN BAYEZID II knew what he was doing when he ordered the construction of a large caravanserai for silk merchants and their goods in Bursa, the former Ottoman capital, in the late 15th century. The ...

Sustainable fashion is going through a tough transition, and that played out onstage last week at the annual Textile Exchange conference in Lisbon, Portugal. Over 1,600 stakeholders from across the ...

Back in September, the European Union (EU) finally adopted the long-awaited extended producer responsibility (EPR) regulation after years of debate, making brands and retailers responsible for the ...

A welcome and a warning : kangas of eastern Africa -- Tent-makers of Cairo -- Communicating through cloth : Tanzania, Mozambique and Ghana -- Reading history through textiles -- Textiles and trade : ...

The lion’s share of today’s recycled clothing fabrics are made from plastic bottles, even as used textiles pile up in landfills or get incinerated. But that’s beginning to change. Several companies ...

Producers that sell textiles in the European Union will have to cover the cost of collecting, sorting and recycling those materials, under a new directive to reduce waste in the fashion industry.

The European Parliament has adopted new legislation aimed at preventing and reducing food and textile waste across the European Union. The textile rules encompass products such as clothing, ...