EU Sustainable Textiles Strategy
DNFI is composed of individuals and organizations from around the world who voluntarily and independently share information about natural fibres. Currently the EU is preparing its sustainable textile strategy. This …
The #Truth about Cotton Waste
Most people only think of the fibre when they think of cotton, but 100% of the cotton plant has practical uses that improve our lives and generate additional revenue for …
Cotton is Biodegradable
(Update: 11. October 2020) The worldwide Cotton consumption is currently estimated at about 26 million tons. Altogether, the need for all fibres on the part of the textile industry is …
Billions of tonnes of plastic accumulating on Earth
More than 8.3 billion metric tonnes of plastic has been produced since 1950 according to the first major global analysis of mass-produced plastics. Nearly 80% of this plastic ended up …
Are your clothes polluting the ocean?
BBC News report of an recent lab study, which found that polyester and acrylic clothing shed thousands of plastic fibres each time it was washed. Sending another source of plastic …
Plastic Waste: German Seas suffer also
The Group of Twenty (G20), composed of the most important industrial and emerging countries, has agreed on an action plan against marine garbage, especially plastic, at a conference from May …