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Solar clothes to power your devices

By : sustainabilityo..., Sep 20, 2017

Scientists, according to work published in the Nature Energy science journal, say they have developed a new type of ultra-thin photovoltaic device, coated on both sides with stretchable and...

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Scientists develop substance to kill water pollutants using solar power

By : sustainabilityo..., Jul 3, 2017

Researchers at the Swansea University in the United Kingdom have developed a new non-toxic substance that can help eradicate harmful synthetic dye pollutants released into water bodies, using...

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Indian madeups units to get 10% more subsidy under ATUFS

By : sustainabilityo..., Jan 16, 2017

Under the Amended Technology Upgradation Fund Scheme (ATUFS), Indian producers of madeups like blankets, curtains, crochet laces and bedsheets are now eligible for an additional 10 per cent...

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Stella McCartney shares first global environmental profit-and-loss account for 2015

By : sustainabilityo..., Oct 4, 2016

There was a dancing finale at Stella McCartney, an arm-waving conga followed by a West Side Story-style dance-off, where both sides were in fact pleather-wearing vegetarians who loved each other...

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Swedish researchers develop new circular textiles process

By : sustainabilityo..., Sep 28, 2016

A partnership between government owned Fouriertransform and private sector company Girincubator, is building the world's first production line for textile pulp from recycled textiles in Sweden....

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UPM researchers use textile fibre waste in construction

By : sustainabilityo..., Sep 12, 2016

Female researchers from the School of Architecture at Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM) have developed panels for construction of buildings, with textile waste materials, to improve the...

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H&M Foundation and HKRITA to work on textile recycling

By : sustainabilityo..., Sep 8, 2016

H&M Foundation is working with Hong Kong Research Institute of Textiles and Apparel (HKRITA), a publicly funded applied research centre, to develop the technologies required to recycle...

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Sympatex to offer 100% recycled membrane in near future

By : sustainabilityo..., Sep 8, 2016

Germany based Sympatex Technologies will share developments for a 100 per cent recycled Sympatex membrane, for the first time at the Lineapelle trade show to be held September 20-22, 2016 in...

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Levi Strauss and IFC to work on sustainable textile factories

By : sustainabilityo..., Sep 6, 2016

International Finance Corporation (IFC), a global development institution focused on the private sector in emerging markets, is partnering with jeans wear manufacturer Levi Strauss & Co., to...

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H&M Foundation to open source textile recycling findings

By : sustainabilityo..., Sep 6, 2016

The H&M Foundation has entered a partnership with The Hong Kong Research Institute of Textiles and Apparel (HKRITA) with the goal of developing technologies to recycle blend textiles into...

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