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    Million-ton bio ethanol plant in China

    Million-ton bioethanol plant in China

    Via a Chinese joint venture, M&G Chemicals of Italy’s Mossi Ghisolfi Group plans to make an additional million annual tons of bioethanol and bioglycols available by as early as 2016.

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    Car interior

    Natural opportunities in automotive

    The growing opportunites for natural fibres as the basis for nonwovens and composites in the automotive industry have been underlined by Faurecia’s announcement that it will mass produce a 100% hemp-based bioplastic and also by a new report from Germany’s Nova Institute

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    Biostocks

    The Big Eight working with the WWF

    Procter & Gamble is one of the eight multinationals leading the surge to bioplastics and biofibres which have now formed the Bioplastic Feedstock Alliance (BFA) in partnership with the World Wildlife Fund (WWF).

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    Fireman

    TAL joins Techtextil at Intersec

    Messe Frankfurt is expanding its successful Techtextil brand to the growing technical textile markets in the Middle East.

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    Misconceptions about purified cotton

    Misconceptions about purified cotton

    Freshly picked cotton has roughly 650,000 colony-forming units (CFUs) within it, which means it is filled with moulds, fungi,  bacteri  etc., and has to be purified.

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    Eco Textile Labelling Guide 2014
    Eco Textile Labelling Guide 2014 – Published May 2014
     
    The publishers of Sustainable Nonwovens  will publish a new, updated and improved version of the Eco-Textile Labelling Guide in May 2014.

    The printed ETLG is a 100 + page  A5 booklet designed for manufacturers, retailers and buyers who are committed to reducing the impact of textiles on the environment and lists all the labels and environmental standards relevant to the global textile and clothing supply chain.

    As well as covering raw materials, the 2014 edition of ETLG will offer information on social criteria, such as Fairtrade, Fair labour, SA8000 etc., and textile processing standards.

    New additions will also include information on water standards, energy use, and sections on disposal and biodegradability.


    Sustainable NonwovensSustainable Nonwovens – Next issue out 10 December

    Stories, features and insights include: There’s a revolution going on – blame Lidl and Drylock Technologies. Can we claim the dollars as nonwoven materials? A third of the infants in the world are now in just three countries and the disposables industry is reacting accordingly. A 3D printing project wants nonwovens from silk swarms. Nonwoven-based products will take around 400 years to degrade in our oceans – what’s to be done? How the consumer hygiene giants can have 100% renewable diapers sooner than they think…and all the latest news, comment and analysis.

     

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