Researchers at Aalto University has developed an effective new method for removing persistent reactive dyes from cotton textile waste, offering a major step forward for sustainable textile recycling and circular fashion systems. The study, titled “An effective color stripping process for reactive dyed cotton waste,” was recently published in the journal Industrial Crops & Products. The research introduces a two-step chemical treatment capable of removing up to 99% of color fr

Most people have had this experience, even if they’d never use the phrase for it. You buy the “eco” version. The refill, the plant-based, the “non-toxic,” the “clean.” You feel good about the choice and then something is… off. It does not work as well. It wears out faster. It smells odd. It leaves residue. Or, months later, a headline suggests the replacement ingredient might have its own problems. It is not that the intention was bad. It is that swapping materials is rarely

Confezioni Mario De Cecco is an Italian company with over 60 years of experience in the production of workwear and Personal Protective Equipment (PPE). With a strong focus on worker safety, health and protection, the company operates in a highly demanding sector where garments must meet strict technical requirements and comply with internationally recognised ISO standards. Their products are designed to deliver advanced performance features such as waterproofing, resistance t

© The authors. BioSusTex is proud to celebrate a new research publication that contributes important knowledge to the development of safe and sustainable by design (SSbD) approaches for early-stage innovation. Published in RSC Sustainability on 2 April 2026, the paper is titled “Life cycle based risk and opportunity mapping: a systematic collaborative procedure to integrate environmental and health aspects into early innovation for scoping and pre-screening for safe and susta

There is a comforting myth we tell ourselves about recycling: that it is something that happens at the end. You wear a thing until you are done with it, and then, somehow, it becomes raw material again. The story is neat. The bin is the boundary. After that, it is someone else’s problem, solved by someone else’s system. Textiles do not work like that. With textiles, the end is mostly decided at the beginning. Not because people do not care, but because fabrics are engineered

There is a moment, usually at the worst possible time, when you realise a print is not just a print. It is the crackle on a favourite tee that turns from “vintage” into “flaking”. It is the sticky patch on a hoodie after too many dryer cycles. It is the logo on workwear that still looks sharp while the fabric underneath has started to thin. Prints are memory, identity, brand, belonging; often the whole reason we keep a garment in the first place. They are also a material choi

Valvan is a Belgian engineering company specialising in advanced sorting and baling systems for the textile and recycling industries . With more than four decades of experience in designing intelligent industrial solutions, Valvan has built a strong reputation for delivering reliable, high-performance systems that help companies handle complex textile waste streams efficiently and safely. At the core of Valvan’s approach is a commitment to innovation, durability and custome

There’s a particular kind of confidence that comes from a good rain jacket. You send a child to school on a wet morning and don’t worry about the walk from the car to the gate. You step onto a ferry deck or a worksite or a windswept platform and trust that your clothes will do their quiet job. You don’t think about the fabric at all; only about the weather, and how little it’s managing to interrupt your day. That “quiet job” is harder than it looks. A textile has to repel wat

BioSusTex is proud to celebrate a new research publication that adds an important perspective to the project’s work on safe and sustainable textile innovation. Published on 19 March 2026 , the paper “Early-Stage Simplified SSbD Screening of a Removable, PVC-Free Screen-Printing Ink: A Qualitative Life Cycle Perspective” , published in Sustainability, presents a qualitative sustainability assessment of an innovative textile printing ink designed to help address some of the env