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Related Keywords: bags, consumer, fruit, Lidl, long term, packaging, plastic, plastic waste, polyester, recycling, reusable, UK, vegetable

Lidl has said that it has become the first supermarket in the UK to introduce reusable fruit and vegetable bags across all stores nationwide to help reduce plastic waste in the long term.

A Lidl spokesman told Bio Market Insights that the bags were made from durable polyester and were designed to be “machine-washable and long lasting”.

The bags, priced at 69p for two, aim to provide customers with a reusable alternative to single-use, small fruit and vegetable bags.

Related Keywords: Alpek, Alpek Polyester, DAK Americas LLC, data, polyester, polyethylene, recycling, rPET

Alpek Polyester, an integrated business unit of Alpek, S.A.B. de C.V. and Charlotte, North Carolina-based DAK Americas LLC, has announced that it has joined The Recycling Partnership, Falls Church, Virginia, as an active member in support of the organization’s goals of increasing residential recycling rates and the need for increased availability of recycled materials to enable the creation of circular business models.

Related Keywords: cotton, Europe, fashion, fibres, Inditex, linen, polyester, Recycle, sustainable, Textile, yarns

The textile and sustainability manager at The European Confederation of Flax and Hemp (CELC), Marie Demaegdt, has said she welcomes targets fashion group Inditex has set for linen.

Inditex chief executive, Pablo Isla, told shareholders at a meeting in mid-July that, by 2025, 100% of the cotton, polyester and linen that goes into the products of Inditex’s eight brands (including Zara) will need to be organic, more sustainable or recycled.

Related Keywords: cotton, digitisation, environment, fibres, Garments, Inditex, polyester, Recycle, supply chain, sustainability, sustainable

At its AGM today in Spain, Inditex says that by 2025, 100 per cent of the cotton, linen and polyester used by its eight clothing brands will be made from either organic, ‘sustainable’ or recycled fibres.

It also revealed that its ‘Join Life’ labelled garments will account for 25 per cent of the total number of garments that it sells by the same date.

Related Keywords: Archroma, chemical, damange, dye, fabrics, fiber, Foron, ITMA, polyester, sustainable

Archroma, a global leader in color and specialty chemicals towards sustainable solutions, recently launched at the ITMA exhibition its new Foron® SP-WF, a range of high wet-fast disperse dyes for sportswear and active wear applications.

The Foron® SP-WF dyes are especially suited for the coloration of polyester fibers and microfibers, and polyester/elastane blends, in exhaustion application.

Related Keywords: fabric, India, manufacturing, PET, polyester, Recycle, Reliance, RIL, Textile, Turkey

Reliance Industries Ltd. (RIL) has joined hands with textile firm Kıvanc Tekstil of Turkey to manufacture and market R|Elan GreenGold, a sustainable and innovative fabric, to leading apparel brands and consumers across the world.

Related Keywords: breathable, budget, jackets, Pertex, polyester, VELCRO, waterproof

One of the biggest challenges with rain gear is finding something that's breathable but also fully waterproof. These two qualities are often at odds because it's difficult to create apparel that keeps water out while letting air in. That said, there are indeed jackets that do both — you just need to pay extra close attention to the details. The best breathable rain jackets usually have three main things in common:

Related Keywords: apparel, China, investment, manufacturing, Pakistan, polyester, Textile, yarn

Prime Minister Adviser on Commerce Abdul Razak Dawood has underlined the significance of investment opportunities in the textile sector for industrial development.

In a meeting with a Chinese delegation of the National Textile and Apparel Council (CNTAC) on Tuesday, he urged the delegation to extend its cooperation in the textile sector. The two sides discussed bilateral trade and investment opportunities.

Related Keywords: China, export, fiber, HTSUS, Imports, India, polyester, Reliance Industries Limited, synthetic, United States, yarn

On June 26, 2019, the U.S. Department of Commerce (“Commerce Department”) announced affirmative preliminary determinations that imports of polyester textured yarn from China and India are being unfairly sold below their fair value in the United States at significant double-digit margins, as follows.

Polyester Textured Yarn Imports from China
Producer/Exporter Preliminary Dumping Rate (%)
Fujian Billion Polymerization Fiber Industrial Co Ltd. 77.15
Suzhou Shenghong Fiber Co., Ltd. 77.15
Jiangsu Hengli Chemical Fiber Co., Ltd. 76.07
PRC-Wide Entity / All Others 77.15

Related Keywords: brrr, clothes, cool, fabrics, Intertek, nylon, Omax, polyester, Taiwan, technology, Textile, yarn

Cool is a science. And this is about textile technology, not fashion.

Although clothes make from brrr° yarn may look good, the cool factor is in the company's Triple Chill Effect, according to a company rep.

The newest news from the Atlanta, Georgia, startup is test data from an independent lab that shows brrr°'s technology can keep people cooler and more comfortable in everyday activities. As The Fonz would say, "Aaaay!"