Latest on Circular Economy
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News briefsROICA V550 stretch fabrics on show in Munich
Italian sportswear knitters lead the booth, from cycling grip fabrics to Merino base layers.
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ArticleTextile recycling: The next challenge is scaling up
In recent years, the textile recycling industry has focused primarily on technological development.
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ArticleCircular sportswear: matching construction to recovery
Designing sportswear for a circular economy includes deciding who prepares garments for recycling. LaMunt asks owners to remove zips and trims; Arc’teryx assigns disassembly to ReBIRD.
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Article“The industry is caught in a supply-demand deadlock”
Evan Wiener, senior advisor at ReHubs, explains what brands can do to advance the circular economy beyond pilot projects.
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SponsoredFrom fiber to function: Bio-based materials enter the next performance era
Performance textiles are entering a new material era. Don’t miss the latest developments at the PERFORMANCE DAYS in Munich.
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ArticleHow SE Asian local brands find a competitive edge
A Bali brand built on surplus fabric from global labels. A Brunei brand built on repairs. How Southeast Asian local brands compete.
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ArticleRight to repair is law, but what’s a fair price?
The EU Right to Repair Directive is now German law; refurbished marketplace Refurbed says spare-part pricing rules are still missing.
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OpinionEU destruction ban: five moves to make
Large brands are in scope now. Mid-sized brands have until July 2030. The prize is what they do with those four years.
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ArticleLululemon backs nylon recycler Syntetica in $30m round
Syntetica has raised a $30 million Series A to build its first commercial nylon-recycling plant in France.
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News briefsYKK extends circularity into premium zipper line
The EXCELLA concept follows YKK’s existing recycled-polyester zipper line into a new, higher-visibility application.
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ArticleReju opens first U.S. R&D center in Pennsylvania
Housing the lab inside Technip Energies’ own facility gives Reju direct access to scale-up expertise its Volcat depolymerization technology still needs.
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OpinionA seat at the table is not the same as a voice at it
FESI represents 1,800 European manufacturers on EU rules, but most reach it only through national federations, not directly.
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ArticleQ3 2026 Event Radar: trade shows and conferences
Outdoor Retailer reimagined, three sustainability events, boats and boards: The Q3 2026 calendar points in one direction.
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ArticleTersus CEO Whitcomb: resale runs on economics, not mandates
Peter Whitcomb on why brands now come to Tersus with their CFO, not their sustainability tea
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ArticleDecathlon adds cash refund to festival tent return scheme
The cash-back addition tests whether financial incentives can shift festival disposal behavior at scale.
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ArticleShoes almost never get recycled. Here’s the data.
The first large-scale material analysis of European post-consumer footwear finds adhesives, black pigments, and missing pairs are the real obstacles to recycling.
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ArticleEU textile recycling still below 1%: the industry response
The 2030 Circularity Blueprint sets a target of 2.7 million tonnes of textile-to-textile recycling capacity in Europe by 2035.
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ArticleStockX launches possessionless trading
New Store at StockX removes the logistics loop that drives up costs for resellers, letting buyers own, store and relist products without handling them.
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ArticleActivewear brand LSKD in recycled nylon deal
Australian activewear brand LSKD will transition product lines to enzymatically recycled nylon from 2028 under a decade-long supply deal.
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ArticleTextile-to-textile firm Reju gets €135m grant
Dutch state backing brings Technip Energies-owned Reju closer to a final investment call on its Chemelot polyester regeneration facility.
