For as long as humans have been around, we have been using our hands and senses to create beautiful and useful objects from ...

Cotton Fiber: The Essential Textile Raw Material? In recent years, organic textile raw materials have become increasingly popular as a result of increasing consumer knowledge of healthy and safe ...

As the vibrantly patterned kente travels out of Africa, a new designation aims to protect its ties to Ghana, where the cloth ...

A glimpse of the future of sustainability in textiles has been revealed at a recent event by the Taiwan Textile Federation.

Every year, the U.S. generates 17 million tons of textile waste that ends up in landfills according to the Environmental Protection Agency. Out of the total amount, 11.3 million tons goes straight to ...

Behind the convenience and flashiness of fast fashion lie its unsustainable practices and ecological consequences, from the making of plastic-derived textiles to its disposal. According to the ...

BOSTON - Tossing that old mattress or unwanted T-shirt in the trash is now illegal in Massachusetts. The state is expanding its waste disposal bans to include two materials that should be recycled ...

Legacy business Textiles continues to thrive in downtown Iowa City, with Miranda Meyer preserving the store's heart while ...

In their next project, they want to investigate which fibers are released during washing of textiles made from renewable raw materials and whether these could harm the environment and health.

In this opinion column, Texas Tech's Seshadri Ramkumar explores the benefits of a potential U.S.-India trade deal on the ...