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HKRITA Joins Hands with Mainland Partners to Advance Industrial Development

The Hong Kong Research Institute of Textiles and Apparel (HKRITA) has been expanding its collaboration network in Chinese Mainland, accelerating the commercialisation of research outcomes. These efforts have led to significant progress. Showcasing at a Key Mainland Forum – Green Machine Selected as a Shanghai Outstanding ESG Case On 28 April, Mr...

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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 “...

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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...