HKRITA news and archive

HKRITA Innovation & Technology Symposium 2023 targets net-zero future

The Hong Kong Research Institute of Textiles and Apparel (HKRITA) held its annual HKRITA Innovation & Technology Symposium 2023 on 17th January. The theme was “Innovating Zero” in regards to technologies and innovative applications that can pave the way for a sustainable net-zero future. The symposium brought together industry experts, business...

Fashion Featured

H&M Foundation unveils garments that capture CO2 from the air

Fashion group H&M’s non-profit H&M Foundation and The Hong Kong Research Institute of Textiles and Apparel (HKRITA) have unveiled cotton garments that can capture CO2 from the air and release it as nutrition for plants. The ‘Planet First’ programme from the two organisations has stated that the ‘Carbon Looper’ project could potentially be a “...

Fashion Featured

After an unusual year, what designers, retailers and CEOs expect for 2021

It has been quite the year! 2020 is slowly coming to an end and even though the pandemic holds people in suspense worldwide, 2021 is inching ever closer. So what does the new year have in store and how do leading international voices at the heart of the fashion industry look back on 2020? We’ve asked philosophers, streetwear designers and...

Retail

Monki presents the new ‘Green Machine’ recycling technology

H&M-owned brand Monki has announced the launch of a new recycling machine, the ‘Green Machine’, and has said it is the first brand to use the new technology to recycle mixed fibres on a large scale. The non-profit H&M Foundation and the Hong Kong Research Institute of Textile and Apparel (HKRITA) collaborated in creating the ‘Green Machine’....

Business

H&M Foundation and HKRITA to open textile recycling facilities in Hong Kong

The H&M Foundation and The Hong Kong Research Institute of Textiles and Apparel (HKRITA) have announced the opening of two textile recycling facilities which will put HKRITA’s hydrothermal method for recycling cotton and polyester blends to use. Blends are the most used type of textile in the world -- yet, they are still unrecyclable. “This is a...