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Fashion for Good launches the Renewable Carbon Textiles Project

Sustainable fashion initiative Fashion for Good has launched a project to accelerate the development of Polyhydroxyalkanoates or PHA polymer fibres, a biosynthetic alternative to fossil-based fibres. The production of virgin fossil-based polyester fibres contributes to an increase in greenhouse gas emissions. Biosynthetics made from renewable...

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Gore-Tex inventor Robert Gore dies aged 83

Robert Gore, the inventor of waterproof outerwear material Gore-Tex, has died at the age of 83. Gore, who was chairman of the board of directors of the family company W. L. Gore & Associates, passed away on September 17, the company announced in a statement. Gore-Tex technology was introduced in 1976 and has been used within the fashion industry...