Eco-friendly RV uses natural materials throughout

July 28, 2025  |  EcoNote

German brand Dethleffs will debut a ground-up rebuild of a camper caravan at the Düsseldorf Caravan Salon. The E.Home Eco tops the Dethleffs tradition of eco-friendly Düsseldorf show vehicles, featuring sustainable materials and construction on its all-electric Ford chassis. Synthetic materials ha…
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PFAS-free treatment offers top performance

July 14, 2025  |  EcoNote

As the textile industry works to eliminate PFAS from fabrics and finishes, a key challenge remains: how to maintain performance without relying on harmful fluorochemicals. PFAS-free alternatives like C0 chemistry have gained traction, but they often fall short, particularly when it comes to water re…
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Down puffer jacket is 99 percent biodegradable

June 4, 2025  |  EcoNote

Templa and ALLIED Feather + Down have teamed up to create a biodegradable down puffer jacket that disappears in about five years. The 800-fill power-down insulation, combined with biodegradable synthetic fabrics, makes it possible for the jacket to decompose when placed in an anaerobic environmen…
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New fiber-to-fiber recycling technology announced

May 8, 2025  |  EcoNote

University of Nebraska–Lincoln researcher Yiqi Yang has developed a first-of-its-kind technology for fiber-to-fiber (or chemical) recycling that successfully removes dyes, separates natural and synthetic blends, and creates high-quality fibers.
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Loopamid will now be commercially available

April 24, 2025  |  EcoNote

Ludwigshafen, Germany/Shanghai, China: BASF has announced the start-up of the world’s first commercial loopamid® plant. The production facility at the Caojing site in Shanghai, China, has an annual capacity of 500 metric tons and marks an important step in the supply of sustainable products for …
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New plastic dissolves in salt water

April 14, 2025  |  EcoNote

Scientists at the Japanese research and development agency RIKEN have unveiled a new type of plastic that’s stable in everyday use but dissolves quickly in saltwater, leaving behind only safe compounds, and no microplastics.
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Thermal mats designed to reduce energy use

March 24, 2025  |  EcoNote

Flint Engineering says that its new, flat, thermal-transfer IsoMat can power entire homes, cut refrigerator energy consumption by 30 percent, and speed up EV charging, while also extending battery life. All this can be accomplished, it says, by moving heat from one place to another in a quick and ef…
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Solar film can generate energy almost anywhere

March 10, 2025  |  EcoNote

U.K.-based Power Roll has been working on a way to print low-cost solar film to generate clean energy from sunlight. It's now one crucial step closer to manufacturing its lightweight, apply-anywhere film, with a new design for its solar cells. In collaboration with researchers at the University of S…
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Nibertex announces funding to scale up production 

February 24, 2025  |  EcoNote

Nibertex, maker of waterproof breathable membranes, has successfully closed its pre-Series A funding round with participation from Foxmont Capital Partners and ADB Ventures. The Nibertex manufacturing facility in the Philippines, where PFAS-free electrospun polyurethane membranes are produced, is en…
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DataBeyond launches an optical sorter for blended fabrics

January 27, 2025  |  EcoNote

Chinese company DataBeyond Technology has officially launched China's first "AI Hyperspectral Optical Sorter for Blended Fabrics," which integrates advanced artificial intelligence algorithms with hyperspectral recognition technology. According to DataBeyond, this breakthrough successfully address…
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