Solena Materials, The Protein Express secure funding to scale protein-based textiles
Solena Materials and The Protein Express have secured €1.4 million in funding to support the development of scalable, commercially viable…
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Ireland seeks to tackle textile waste with new roadmap
Ireland has published its first National Policy Statement and Roadmap on Circular Textiles (2026–2028), as the country seeks to reduce…
Europe generates 15.2 million tonnes of textile waste each year
Europe generates around 15.2 million tonnes of textile waste each year, with only a small share collected and sorted for…
Marks & Spencer partners with Circulose on circular fashion initiative
Retailer Marks & Spencer has become a scaling partner for Circulose, a Swedish recycler of textile waste, as it seeks…
Ireland’s textile waste problem demands urgent action, says EY
Ireland currently discards around 53 kilograms of textiles per person annually, and government, businesses, and consumers need to work together…
Increasing EU textile recycling rates could slash carbon emissions
Achieving a 10% textile-to-textile recycling rate in the European Union by 2035 would slash carbon emissions by 440,000 tonnes annually…
Less than a third of Irish consumers see a link between purchasing textiles and climate change
Just 31% of Irish consumers see a link between purchasing clothing or textiles and climate change, the government has said,…