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The H&M Group and furniture giant Ikea have joined together to conduct a large-scale study of recycled textiles, as the companies announced at the 2019 Textile Exchange Sustainability Conference.

The two companies are currently reviewing chemical content in post-consumer textile recycling in a study that has been underway since May 2018.

H&M has been working towards a goal of increasing its use of recycled materials to become more circular, and therefore has an interest in understanding the chemical content of collected pre-owned textiles to ensure safe use of recycled materials.

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More than ever, people are looking for more sustainable ways to lead their lives. From the food they eat, to the transport they choose and even to the clothes they wear. Forward thinking retailers and designers such as IKEA and Marimekko have responded by experimenting with more sustainable, alternative materials, but overall our fast-fashion lifestyles and reliance on fossil materials keep us hooked on unsustainable textiles.

So where should we be looking for wardrobes that are green in every color? And what are the problems with our current array of common materials?

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Ikea pursuing alternative fibers in product development.

Democratic Design Days event focuses on innovative home furnishings.

Ikea is working on home textiles made from rice straw and ocean plastic.

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And as it expands to more Indian cities, IKEA might make and exact copy it’s strategy of having smaller stores. In all, the company has outlined a plan to set up to 25 outlets across India over the next decade. But the Swedish furniture retailer has some unusual plans for the 20 million residents of Mumbai and its neighbourhood. IKEA will launch it’s small stores in city’s outskirts and an e-commerce service for what it believes is one of it’s most important markets in the country.

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Secretary Commerce Younus Dagha that the buyers and sourcing agents play an important role in enhancing exports of a country by acting as a bridge between manufacturers and foreign buyers.

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Consulate General of Sweden and Swedish Chamber of Commerce together with Swedish companies launch today at Magnetic Maharashtra the “Kraftsamla” pilot project- aimed to skill and train women from all walks of life in particular underprivileged to create readily employable women for the industry, build value chains, and transform eco-systems in Maharashtra. This is done by representatives of Swedish companies like Alfa Laval, Atlas Copco, Ericsson, IKEA, SKF, Delaval, Sandvik and Tieto.

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Bal Tekstil, professional manufacturer of carpets and rugs in Ontustik, the South Kazakhstan region’s special economic zone, since 2011 has signed a supply contract with IKEA, Sweden’s international home furnishings retailer.

Carpets are woven from three kinds of threads. The transverse warp thread is jute, which is produced in Bangladesh, where they buy it. A longitudinal thread is a mixture of cotton and polyester. They import it from India or China. Pile thread is made from polypropylene, but polypropylene has to be purchased in Russia.

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IKEA has launched its first UK-based textile take-back pilot scheme, which will give customers in Cardiff the opportunity to bring in any unwanted textiles purchased from any store – from clothing to soft furnishings – to be reused, repaired or recycled. There will also be workshops in store showing customers how they can breathe new life into old textiles, or turn them into something new.

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IKEA plans to introduce its a new line of rugs and textiles made by Syrian refugees under the new IKEA initiative where Syrian refugees in Jordan will be employed to make rugs and textiles. The project is expected to create 200 jobs for refugees in Jordan, most of them women.

IKEA is currently working with local women's organizations to kick off the initiative. The retailer said that hours will be flexible to accommodate women caring for family members.

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IKEA, the Swedish furniture company, 10 percent of whose global cotton suppliers are from India, plans to increase sourcing of cotton from India for its textile requirements as it gears up to start retail operations there by next year.

The company, which is working with around four lakh farmers in India through local partners under its better cotton initiative (BCI) programme, is sourcing almost one-third of its global requirements from India.