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Eurofins expands textiles and footwear testing in China
2020-12-10 12:11:00| Daily apparel & textile news and comment - from just-style.com
Eurofins has expanded its testing capabilities after two facilities in China were awarded new accreditations.
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German sustainable textiles scheme shares supplier list
2020-12-04 13:48:00| Daily apparel & textile news and comment - from just-style.com
The Partnership for Sustainable Textiles is to contribute to the Open Apparel Registry (OAR) database of garment production facilities by publishing its members' supplier lists on the platform.
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Elevate Textiles on track with emissions reduction
2020-11-13 14:37:00| Daily apparel & textile news and comment - from just-style.com
Elevate Textiles, owner of the American & Efird (A&E), Burlington and Cone Denim fabric and thread brands, has reduced its absolute greenhouse gas emissions by 7.7% from 2016 to 2019, in line with its corporate goal of 2.5% per year reduction.
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UK government funds GBP5.4m Textiles Circularity Centre
2020-11-13 12:23:00| Daily apparel & textile news and comment - from just-style.com
A Royal College of Art-led consortium has been awarded GBP5.4m (US$7.1m) to establish a Textiles Circularity Centre (TCC) that will explore methods to turn post-consumer textiles into renewable feedstocks and develop new supply chains.
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EU restricts 33 hazardous chemicals in clothing, textiles and footwear
2020-11-03 13:23:00| Daily apparel & textile news and comment - from just-style.com
A restriction limiting consumers' exposure to 33 carcinogenic, mutagenic or toxic for reproduction chemicals has come into effect this month.
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