DoD Announces $6.8 Million Defense Production Act Title III Agreement with Burlington Industries, LLC to Strengthen the Domestic Clothing and Textile Industrial Base

Gerard Ortiz

The Division of Defense (DOD) entered into a shared $6.8 million agreement with Burlington Industries, LLC to maintain and improve the domestic outfits and textile industrial base. The settlement extends via September 2027. Burlington Industries, LLC will devote in devices and infrastructure vital to sustain and stabilize the source chain […]

Characterizing Textile Waste with Near Infrared Spectroscopy

Gerard Ortiz

By Surbhi JainAug 23 2022Reviewed by Susha Cheriyedath, M.Sc. In an article review recently published in the open-access journal Sustainability, researchers discussed the development of a near-infrared (NIR) spectroscopy-based methodological approach for the recognition of end-of-life textiles in a circular economy perspective. Study: End-of-Life Textile Recognition in a Circular Economy Perspective: […]

Textile recycling, across the pond

Gerard Ortiz

This posting at first appeared in our Circularity Weekly newsletter. Subscribe here. Envision if a important portion of the textiles that simply cannot be reused in their present-day sort could be recycled. Which is element of the eyesight for the base-situation and upside-case situations laid out in a new report on […]

21 Questions With Textile Artist Qualeasha Wood

Gerard Ortiz

New York’s “21 Questions” is back with an eye on creative New Yorkers. Qualeasha Wood is a textile artist who explores Black identity and cyberculture, often through woven selfies. She’s a 2021–22 resident artist at the Studio Museum in Harlem. The Met acquired her weaving The [Black] Madonna/Whore Complex in […]