As much as I love new fashion (as in: all of the incredible looks that just came out of New York Fashion Week), there’s something particularly satisfying about recycled fashion. Every year, 12.8 ...
Timo Rissanen is a founding board member of the Union of Concerned Researchers in Fashion. Today we make more clothing than ever before. And the driver for this is primarily economic, rather than ...
Global Clothing and Textile Recycling Market to Reach USD 20.2 Billion by 2031, Driven by Circular Economy Initiatives | Valuates Reports ...
The lion’s share of today’s recycled clothing fabrics are made from plastic bottles, even as used textiles pile up in landfills or get incinerated. But that’s beginning to change. Several companies ...
Likewise, if the clothes you are getting rid of are dirty or stained, they may not be suitable for donation or recycling.
As plastic manufacturing and pollution continues to threaten our climate, the practice of recycling consumer plastics has gained widespread popularity. Every time I toss a plastic water bottle into ...
TOKYO — Uniqlo is stepping up its sustainability efforts with a new initiative called Re.Uniqlo, which collects used but unneeded Uniqlo clothes from customers and turns them into something new. The ...
Uniqlo’s affordable down jackets are one of the company’s signature products. But what happens to these coats once they’ve reached the end of their lifecycle? The Japanese mega-retailer is not exactly ...
PrAna is a clothing company deeply committed to the environment and ensuring safe and fair working conditions. Its newest release in the ReZion collection is a story of the company’s continued ...
Giving Materials Memory” enables denim to be authenticated, traced & reintroduced as a higher-value, verifiable input for reuse and recycling NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK / ACCESS Newswire / December 30, ...
FALLS CHURCH, Va. — Every Saturday Veronica Howard sets up her booth at the Falls Church Farmers Market. There she sells art made from recycled clothing. Howard said this all started when she didn't ...