PROTECTIVE AND PERFORMANCE TEXTILE MAKERS INNOVATE TO BOOST CIRCULARITY
July 26th, 2023
With an industry recycling rate currently below 1% and the European Union (EU) Strategy for Sustainable and Circular Textiles target that all textile products placed on the EU market be recyclable by 2030, the EU performance and protection fabric is facing major change. The same applies for all clothing and textile segments in jurisdictions with tightening waste and recycling legislation. Industry insiders speaking to WTiN said the performance and protective clothing segments will find the transition to recyclability particularly challenging, given they typically ...
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