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US to tighten lead limits on kids clothes
WASHINGTON - The US Department of Ecology (DOE) has completed a pilot rule process and has started to make legal requirements to eliminate lead from children’s clothing, textiles and other items to levels under 100 ppm.
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REACH for Dummies
LEEDS - There is so much confusion regarding the European REACH legislation and the textiles sector that we felt it was time to produce a brief idiot-proof guide.
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China's CSC9000T gains momentum
BEIJING - China has more work to do on its CSC9000T management system, which is designed to produce a more socially and environmentally responsible textile industry, but now there seems to be new progress.
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Eco Index pilot program launched
BOULDER - The Outdoor Industry Association's Eco Working Group hasconfirmed the worldwide launch of the Eco Index, the collaboratively-developedenvironmental impact assessment framework.
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More members for bluesign
St Gallen - Sustainable textileaccreditation scheme bluesign has added a further raft of global textile andapparel companies to its membership.
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Kidswear firm gets bluesign
BAD RODACH – German children’s clothing andtoy supplier JAKO-O has adopted the bluesign environmental standard that itwill use to display on tags across its apparel collections.
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Super Textile receives TÜV certification
Taipei – Taiwanese garment maker Super Textile Corporation has received accreditationfrom the TÜV Rheinland testing house for its use of recycled materials in itsgreen polo shirts.
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Eco-textile legislation in France
At last week’s meeting of the European Outdoor Group (EOG), Sylvain Chevassus of the French Sustainable Development Ministry presented a paper on the rationale behind the ‘Grenelle de L’Environment’ – environmental legislation that will affect consumer goods labelling in France.
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Sustainable procurement in the NHS
LONDON - The UKgovernment has commissioned a study on how to procure sustainable clothingwithin the country’s National Health Service.
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US spinner gets recycle standard
NEW YORK - US recycled cotton producer FildiUSA has become the first US yarn company to be awarded the Global Recycle Standard from Control Union.New York-based FildiUSA, which claims to be the largest producer of recycled cotton yarn in North America, says its range of 'Ecotex' recycled cotton blend yarns are now certified to the Global Recycle Standard (GRS), which categorises products based on the amount of pre and/or post consumer recycled raw materials they contain expressed as a percentage -- with a minimum of 5% content.
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