DMU unveils textiles innovation at UK’s largest sustainability showcase facebook-white sharing buttonmessenger-white sharing buttonwhatsapp-white sharing buttontwitter-white sharing buttonlinkedin-white sharing buttonemail-white sharing button Innovative ways to help boost textiles recycling rates, and environmentally-friendly dyeing using lasers and enzymes were unveiled at one of the UK’s biggest sustainability showcases.
Future Fabrics Expo featured more than 10,000 different textiles and solutions on display for the fashion industry to exploit the innovation for sustainable materials and transition toward circularity.
Researchers and academics from Textile Engineering and Materials Research Group (TEAM) of De Montfort University Leicester (DMU) were part of the Expo’s innovation zone, featuring collaborations which could pave the way for alternative materials and solutions that could reduce the environmental impact of textile production and support the textile industry transition to circularity.