The UNCTAD Commodities Branch has recently produced a report on industrial hemp that provided the background material for a forum on the ecological properties and economic potential of this commodity.
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Bio-based textiles can be made of natural, semi-synthetic and synthetic fibres. They can help reducing the use of virgin fossil-based synthetic materials, coupled with increasing...
Microplastics can be released directly into the environment or can result from the degradation of larger pieces of plastic. The wearing and washing of textiles made from synthetic (plastic) fibers is one...
The primary contribution of this research lies in the application and refinement of the GCBM framework, originally proposed by Salvador et al. (2021) . The GCBM framework serves as the central conceptual...
This study assesses progress towards the Zero Pollution Action Plan (ZPAP) goal of reducing microplastic emissions into the environment by 30% by 2030. The lack of consistent EU monitoring...
At the sixth session of the United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA-6), governments called for the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) to facilitate a Global Textiles Policy Dialogue, aiming...
This report outlines what each stakeholder group can do individually and collectively to reach the shared destination of a circular textile sector.
The paper reviews the environmental impacts of garments, the landscape of current policy and an analysis of the impacts of existing EPR schemes.
Discover the textiles ecosystem, including the textiles, clothing, leather and footwear (TCLF) industries value chains.
This review paper introduces biobased synthetic textile fibers, summarizes the recent development, and clarifies key concepts in this domain.