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The Cotton + Corn programme in the US aims to produce footwear with “things that grow” in order to create sustainable products.

Textile professionals definitely should not miss this year’s ITMA Asia in Shanghai: The textile machinery manufacturer Saurer is presenting its new “senses” control centre at China’s largest textile exhibition.

A sapphire-coloured dye—a common industrial pollutant from textile mills—could be used to build rechargeable batteries for wind farms and solar homes to store electricity, a study has found.

But what if instead of just cleaning the water up, we could find a new way to use it? That’s what really motivated this project,” said Anjula osswattaarachchi, a PhD student at University at Buffalo