The fourth issue of WSA for 2024 is available for you to read now. Our main feature covers automated sorting to help boost textile-to-textile recycling. Several other articles focus on fibres. Hyosung is working with US-based Geno to fast-track the production of BDO derived from sugarcane. We also learn that new clothing brands are helping next-generation materials to come to market faster thanks to an insistence on responsible sourcing. Fibres are also at the centre of our Sustainability story and our front cover this time, following the 2024 Materials Market Report from Textile Exchange, which laments low use of recycled fibres. We return to finished garments for our Dialogue feature, in which Vincent Djen from Cheng Kung Garments describes in detail the current state of play for outdoor apparel in China.
