textile
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Eurenco is overseeing a pilot project in Sweden that seeks to turn textile waste into nitrocellulose.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 2026
A textile artist from north-west London says she is "so so so happy" after a box containing 206 pieces of her tea towel art display was returned, after she thought it had been lost.
From BBC ● Jul. 2, 2026
Easy to order and replace, fast fashion items contribute to pollution from the textile industry, which accounts for nearly 10 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions.
From Barron's ● Jun. 29, 2026
Modern balls often have multiple layers, including "a bladder, then a textile layer, then foam and another few layers like that," said Phillips.
From BBC ● Jun. 27, 2026
By 1899, the Dukes controlled all major textile mills in the Durham area.
From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson
From timber and textiles to minerals, Indian entrepreneur Gagan Gupta has spent the past 15 years working to industrialise Africa.
From Barron's ● Jul. 10, 2026
Leading sectors included electronics other than semiconductors, automobiles and textiles.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 7, 2026
Unlike conventional textiles, where color is applied through dyeing, sea silk generates its golden hue from the arrangement of proteins within the fiber itself.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 12, 2026
"We had a textiles class, there was a blacksmithing area," she explains.
From BBC ● Jun. 7, 2026
Their report was only off by a hair; the Kongo people made remarkable textiles by beating the fibrous bark of certain trees, or weaving thread from the raffia palm.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
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