This year’s TechTextil took place from May 10-12 in Atlanta, Georgia. The Techtextil and Texprocess exhibitions hosted over 350 exhibitors from 30 countries and welcomed thousands of attendees …
Eye On: Consumer Electronics Waste
Facing booming e-waste head on and ahead of time Waste due to fashion and packaging is at the forefront of the sustainability conversation. However, there is growing concern for the sustainability …
Digital Fashion & Consumerism
Satiating infinite desire with finite resources Increasingly, assertions of blame and evolving vocabulary dominate sustainability discourse. This tension is best exemplified by the fashion industry, …
Carbon Capture
Carbon capture, or carbon sequestration is the process which captures atmospheric carbon dioxide that is often released by emissions-heavy industries such as energy, construction, manufacturing, and …
Retail Trends to Consider for 2023
What trends will be prominent in 2023 for retail? A Deloitte report showed that 55% of consumers surveyed recently bought a sustainable product or service. Consumer demand for sustainability …
Eye on: What’s New in Sustainable Packaging
The doorbell rings, it’s Amazon delivering another one of your packages. The standard cardboard box. You cut open the tape, take out the bubble wrap and remove the book you ordered from the much too …
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Material Trends in Dog Accessories
One request that we've recently gotten when working on projects for dog companies are finding more durable solutions for dog toys. When you think about dog toys, the most obvious factor to consider …
Inspired by Nature: Super-white Material without Titanium Dioxide
Titanium Dioxide is a commonly used white pigment in the coatings industry that is found in several products, ranging from white traffic stripes on roads, to cosmetics, to toothpaste. It effectively …
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The Mass Balance Approach
This is a bookkeeping approach that ensures all materials are tracked at all stages of its journey from feedstock (oil from the ground in the case of plastics) through to processing and product. …
Discover New Rubber Alternatives Driving Sustainability
What is Rubber? 99% of the natural rubber we use is extracted from a tree called Hevea brasiliensis which is obtained from latex, a whitish milky fluid, through tree tapping. Natural rubber is an …
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Material Innovation for Adapative Design
What is Adaptive Design? Simply put, Adaptive Design is the design process which takes into account the particular needs of someone with a disability, though everyone could theoretically benefit from …
Sustainable Products and Practices – Hotel of Tomorrow Recap
Dr. Gayatri Keskar joins the "Hotel of Tomorrow" inspiration webinar in introducing various sustainable products that can be used in the hospitality service industry now or in the near future. …
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