The movement of the plastic bag ban has been gaining momentum in the last 10 years. Since 2007, more than 240 cities and countries have passed laws that have either banned or taxed these plastic hazards. New opinions have surfaced that maybe these bans are hurting the environment more than they are helping it.
Australian fashion brands are becoming more transparent about how they make their clothes, but there is still much more to be done on workers’ rights, living wage and environmental impact.
That’s according to the findings in the latest Ethical Fashion report, published by Baptist World Aid, which surveyed more than 130 companies with 480 brands.
The Weird Fish story began in October 1993. The brand set out with a mission to produce well-priced clothes with well made and distinctive qualities that become instant feel-good favourites. Twenty-five years later, Weird Fish says it is proud to still have the same founding values at its core.
More than 116 million tonnes of waste clothes end up in the landfills every year. A sustainable manufacturer of functional fabrics, Singtex has developed Biotec series to tackle this issue. It reuses organic materials, such as coffee grounds, to make coffee oil membrane and castor beans to produce bio-nylon fabrics. These bio-based materials are said to replace more than 25% petroleum consumption during production and offer a better wearing experience.
The company has also joined forces with Flipkart to sell official FIFA fan-wear merchandise purely. A performance wear brand promoted by Paragon Apparels, Alcis said that it will manufacture 50 per cent of its apparel from recycled polyester, which is derived from plastic waste.
With rising manufacturing cost and product diversification, manufacturers’ demand in high-tech and automatic machinery is escalating; textile production solutions which are more cost-effective and productive draw attention of manufacturers in different places. The 19th "China Yiwu International Trade Fair for Textile and Garment Industry" (YiwuTex 2018), a pioneer reforming and developing the textile industry, will be held on 17-19 May 2018 in Yiwu.
At MAGIC 2016, the world’s largest fashion exhibition held twice annually and attended by professionals from more than 80 countries. Nine Peruvian companies participated in the event. The most demanded Peruvian products were t-shirts, shirts for men, and woven garments for babies.
The majority of buyers who contacted Peruvian exporters were from Canada, United States, and Mexico.
The textile sector of Peru aims to increase their exports to the United States. In addition, they wish to position and strengthen their presence of cotton and alpaca industry in the US.
Unifi, based in Greensboro, North Carolina, produces 300 million pounds of polyester and nylon yarn annually to be more innovative and a socially responsible company, Jay Hertwig, VP of global branding for textile maker Unifi said that Repreve was the answer. It’s the firm’s flagship fiber brand made from recycled materials.
Brandix India Apparel City (BIAC) signs MoUs with four Chinese players, Jiangsu Kingday Textile Co Limited, Zhejiang Hengyuan Chemical Fiber Group, Kunshan Rising Textile and Garment Co Limited as well as Sumec Textile and Light Industry Co Limited to facilitate direct investment in home textiles in its facility located at Atchuthapuram mandal in the district.
BIAC signed MoUs with Chinese players on Friday during CM N Chandrababu Naidu's visit to China to garner investments for AP.
Hermin Textile Museum founded by decades-old HerMin Textile Co., LTD, which is known for its advanced fabric dying and technical know-how opens its doors for visitors who will be able to experience it first hand as it will show the complete process behind producing a piece of textile used in clothing. The museum is recognized as an excellent tourism factory by the government.
