A lot of us recycle our old textiles, but few of us know that they are very difficult to re-use, and often end up in landfills anyway. Now, researchers have developed a method that converts cotton ...

I gave old textiles a new life by turning an auction tapestry and unused curtains into a handmade pillow with wool tassels. I ...

MOBILE, AL — September 2, 2026 — What began as Brown & Brown, a fabric and textile business founded on the Gulf Coast in 1877 ...

"Bast fibers were used for thousands of years to make rope, thread, and in turn also yarn and cloth," says Bender Jørgensen. A fiber sample from a basket turned out to be made of grass, but several of ...

The pollution caused by the textile industry is often discussed, but its impact on health is less emphasized. Nevertheless, the petrochemical compounds used in the manufacturing of our clothes have ...

Cotton accounts for one third of fiber consumption in the textile industry, according to a 2013 global apparel fiber consumption report. However, the crop’s production requires intense labor and uses ...