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News & Updates

2026

• Innovation Forum News - January 2026

  ‘Fibre fragmentation: Apparel’s microfibre challenge’

2025

• TMC News - April 2025

  ‘New report reveals key drivers behind the root causes of fibre fragmentation in finished fabrics’

• TMC News - March 2025

  ‘TMC and Fashion for Good Launch Fibre Fragmentation Project – Behind the Break’

• TMC News - February 2025

  ‘Launch of Microfibre Roadmap v2.0 aims for step-change in work to reduce fibre fragmentation from textiles’

• TMC News - January 2025

  ‘Extent of microfibre pollution from textiles to be explored at new research hub’

  ‘Dr Kelly Sheridan writes in response to a report on the treatment of microfibres, published and funded by Cotton Incorporated and The Bremen Cotton Exchange’

2024

• TMC News - September 2024

  ‘New report showcases industry progress to address fibre fragmentation’

• TMC News - April 2024

  ‘A shared vision from our new CEO, Dr Kelly Sheridan’

• ECOTEXTILE News - February 2024

  ‘New course to focus on microfibre release’

2023

• ECOTEXTILE News - December 2023

  ‘TMC confirms organisational changes’

• TMC News - November 2023

  ‘The Microfibre Consortium and James Heal team up to present first public demonstration of fibre fragmentation test’

• TMC News - October 2023

  ‘The Microfibre Consortium and ZDHC Foundation unite to combat microfibre release’

• TMC News - July 2023

  ‘New research reveals that mechanical rPET is no more likely than virgin PET to lead to fibre fragmentation from apparel’

• AATCC Review - April 2023

  ‘Fiber Fragment Pollution—Pathways to Mitigation’

• Vogue Business - February 2023

  ‘Why is fashion still ignoring microfibres?’

2022

• Suston Magazine - November 2022

  ‘Call for industry to close microfiber knowledge gaps’

• TMC News - May 2022

  ‘ZDHC Foundation and The Microfibre Consortium announce collaboration to address microfibres within wastewater’

• TMC News - March 2022

  ‘The Microfibre Consortium responds to Changing Markets report’

• ECOTEXTILE NEWS - February 2022

  ‘Eastman signs TMC 2030 Commitment’

• TMC News - February 2022

  ‘The Microfibre Consortium boosts support for 2030 vision’

• Fjallraven - February 2022

  ‘Managing microfibre shedding’

2021

• ECOTEXTILE NEWS - July 2021

  ‘TMC publicly releases microfibre test’

• ECOTEXTILE NEWS - June 2021

  ‘Industry roundtable to inform microfibre roadmap’

• ZDHC- June 2021

  ‘The ZDHC Foundation joins The Microfibre Consortium as its Research Member’

• Textile Worild - April 2021

  ‘Eurofins Joins The Microfibre Consortium As A Third-Party Laboratory Member’

• ECOTEXTILE NEWS - April 2021

  ‘Microfibre Consortium approves first third-party lab’

2020

• ECOTEXTILE NEWS - December 2020

  ‘Microfibre Consortium takes positives from 2020’

• MyOutdoors - November 2020

  ‘Fibre fragmentation programme tests over 200 materials for global database’