These startups rethink 'circularity' to stop waste from ending up in landfills

eVent Fabrics Unveils Circularity Initiative, Announces Collection Of Recyclable, Plant-Based Laminates

OVERLAND PARK, Kan. — May 27, 2025 — eVent® Fabrics, a supplier of breathable waterproof, weatherproof, and windproof fabric laminates, announces the launch of its new circular fabric collection, purpose-built, plant-based, and fully recyclable for a more sustainable future without compromising performance. eVent stormST Featuring 11 different laminate configurations across the eVent stormST and windstormST technology platforms, this plant-based…

Visa announces fashion designer Genaro Rivas as the UK’s rising star in circular fashion

Retail Times publishes international & UK retail news covering products, data, tech, packaging, people, research, comment and more besides! Circular fashion designer Genaro Rivas has been announced as the overall winner of Recycle the Runway, a new initiative from Visa’s Young Creators series designed to support the next generation of fashion entrepreneurs to reach their full potential. Genaro Rivas – a fashion brand that merges the rich textile…

Special episode of ON(WARD) FASHION podcast with 3 startups that are reinventing retail with rental, repair, and second-hand.

These startups rethink 'circularity' to stop waste from ending up in landfills

Bengaluru, May 27 (PTI) Little over a year ago, when Steer World unveiled unWOOD as a sustainable alternative to wood at KPLEX 2024, a polymer exhibition held in Bengaluru, it was not exactly perfect.This man-made "wood", made by compacting granules that were obtained by shredding plastic waste — those pesky hard-to-recycle plastic wrappers that litter every corner of India— was coarse to touch, not particularly appealing to the eye.In less than…