Austrian fibre company Lenzing has a team dedicated to following and provisioning for the EU’s new textiles regulations. Its head of global business development for denim, Tuncay Kiliçkan, explains how the business can be a partner for brands looking to reuse waste and explains why partnerships are so important when it comes to addressing the big picture.

With new legislation in the US and stricter measures implemented by sustainable chemicals organisations ZDHC, bluesign and Oeko-Tex, the use of PFAS and possibly fluoropolymers is on its way out.