Fashion companies and other members of the textile industry are being called upon by Dutch fashion line G-Star and marine pollution campaign group the Plastic Soup Foundation to help develop solutions to plastic microfibres.

Parents and carers in North London have the opportunity to claim a subsidy of £54.14 to purchase and trial ‘real’ nappies as part of the 20th annual ‘Real Nappy Week’ this week.

The UK population owns over 350 million items of clothing that have never been worn, averaging £93 of unworn clothing per person, according to new research.

Two Scottish designers have launched Zero Waste fashion collections as part of a Zero Waste Scotland project to promote the value of textile waste.

A round-up of news from the waste and resources sector, including a refit at UPM Shotton, ‘Love Your Clothes Bangor’ and Bigbelly in Leeds.

A new macro-economy study has found that the bioconomy in Europe employs 18.3 million people and has a turnover of €2.1 trillion, with bio-based industries responsible for almost 30 per cent.

The recycling rate of textiles in the UK fell by four per cent in 2014/15, due to rising consumption and a falling market for used textiles, according to a new analysis of the recovered UK textiles market.

Defra has released its second annual ‘Digest of Waste and Resource Statistics’, which collates official UK waste statistics for ‘ease of use’.

A series of ‘re-fashion’ events will be taking place across London this month in an experiment to fight fashion waste and raise awareness about the carbon footprint of our clothing.

In 2015, 31 per cent of carpet waste (125,000 tonnes) was diverted from landfill, with the majority going for energy according to industry recycling group Carpet Recycling UK.