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Scoping study: Identifying opportunities for blending cotton with high tech / novel textile materials logo
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Scoping study: Identifying opportunities for blending cotton with high tech / novel textile materials

Cotton Research and Development Corporation (CRDC)

Many new types of specialty man-made fibres are emerging offering a range of strong functional properties (eg super-high strength, super-high elasticity, electrical conductivity, flame retardance etc ) and attracting premium prices. However, many of these highly specialized fibres often lack sufficient properties relating to wearability (comfort, easy-care, aesthetics and durability)...

1 Jul 2018 - 30 Jun 2019

New South Wales, Australia

Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), Cotton Research and Development Corporation (CRDC)

Strategies for improving labour conditions within the Australian cotton value chain logo
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Strategies for improving labour conditions within the Australian cotton value chain

Cotton Research and Development Corporation (CRDC)

Activities of a range of participants across the cotton value chain can represent a reputational risk to the Australian cotton industry and to its valued supply chain partners, including brands and retailers. Labour standards, particularly in downstream processing, have most recently been highlighted as an area of concern. This investment...

1 Jun 2019 - 30 Jun 2022

New South Wales, Australia

Cotton Research and Development Corporation (CRDC), Queensland University of Technology (QUT), University of Technology Sydney (UTS)

Bio-Degradation of Dyed Cotton Fabrics logo
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Bio-Degradation of Dyed Cotton Fabrics

Cotton Research and Development Corporation (CRDC)

The use of softeners, stain repellents, durable press resin, and bio-degradation products on cotton fabrics may generate organic pollutants, especially when they degrade in landfill (the most common disposal method). This investment characterised potential pollutants from a range of bio-degraded treated cotton fabrics, their impacts on the soil and the...

1 Jan 2016 - 31 Dec 2019

New South Wales, Australia

Cotton Research and Development Corporation (CRDC), North Carolina State University

Micro particles generated from laundering of cotton and other fabrics logo
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Micro particles generated from laundering of cotton and other fabrics

Cotton Research and Development Corporation (CRDC)

Microfibre, especially microplastic, pollution of waterways and oceans and the effect on associated animal life is an area of increasing environmental concern. Previous research showed that while cellulose-based fabrics (such as cotton) generally shed more microfibres, they also degrade more quickly than polyester fibres. This investment investigates how dyes and...

1 Jan 2017 - 31 Dec 2019

New South Wales, Australia

Cotton Research and Development Corporation (CRDC), North Carolina State University

PhD: Textile supply chain transparency and accountability logo
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PhD: Textile supply chain transparency and accountability

Cotton Research and Development Corporation (CRDC)

The objective of this investment is to map the physical flow of material within a typical supply chain, and also map the cause and consequence of decision making to identify major environmental and social risks within the supply chain, who and where decisions are made, and the influence on these...

1 Oct 2018 - 30 Sep 2021

New South Wales, Australia

University of Leeds

Cotton industry social and wellbeing sustainability indicators logo
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Cotton industry social and wellbeing sustainability indicators

Cotton Research and Development Corporation (CRDC)

This investment is focused on developing robust, practical and relevant social and wellbeing targets and indicators for the Australian cotton industry. Indicators must be comparable to national averages and meaningful to the cotton industry, its value chain, and its key stakeholders and consumers, and align with the overall sustainability reporting...

1 Jun 2019 - 30 Jun 2022

New South Wales, Australia

University of Canberra

Australian Participation in the European Union Product Environmental Footprint Technical Advisory Board logo
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Australian Participation in the European Union Product Environmental Footprint Technical Advisory Board

Cotton Research and Development Corporation (CRDC)

The EU has, since 2015, been developing an life cycle assessment (LCA)-based approach for assessing the environmental impact of consumer goods, including textiles. Product Environment Footprint Category Rules (PEFCR) have the broad aim of ensuring that any environmental claims made about a product are based on a common methodology allowing...

30 Sep 2019 - 30 Dec 2022

New South Wales, Australia

Australian Wool Innovation, Cotton Research and Development Corporation (CRDC)

PhD: Sustainable value chain analysis of the Australian cotton industry logo
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PhD: Sustainable value chain analysis of the Australian cotton industry

Cotton Research and Development Corporation (CRDC)

The Australian cotton industry is committed to on-farm sustainability. However, as the raw material goes through value-adding stages in global textile and apparel industries, it is uncertain how ‘sustainable value’ is transferred to the final product. This investment supports the first sustainable value chain analysis of Australian cotton, identifies sustainable...

16 Jul 2018 - 15 Jul 2021

New South Wales, Australia

Queensland University of Technology (QUT)

Honours: Baselining river water nitrogen compounds in the Murrumbidgee irrigation district logo
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Honours: Baselining river water nitrogen compounds in the Murrumbidgee irrigation district

Cotton Research and Development Corporation (CRDC)

This investment supports water sampling in the Murrumbidgee River to determine nitrogen loads as part of the cotton industry commitment to water quality.

11 Feb 2019 - 15 Dec 2019

New South Wales, Australia

University of New South Wales (UNSW), Cotton Research and Development Corporation (CRDC), Australia's Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO)

Cotton production course logo
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Cotton production course

Cotton Research and Development Corporation (CRDC)

The Cotton Production Course is the only university-level qualification specialising in cotton production. Over the past 10 years, 630 students have enroled in the course at the University of New England, with support from the former Cotton Cooperative Research Centres (CRCs) and CRDC. The course is delivered at undergraduate and...

1 Jan 2020 - 20 Jun 2023

New South Wales, Australia

Cotton Research and Development Corporation (CRDC), University of New England (UNE), Griffiths Agriculture