Tackling fashion's waste problem has become a top priority - Copyright AFP Richard A. Brooks Tackling fashion's waste problem has become a top priority - Copyright ...

Recycling old clothes isn’t always straightforward, but there are programs that are making it so much easier to keep apparel, shoes and accessories from ending up in landfills. Ahead, I delve into the ...

It entails innovations such as clothing rental platforms, fiber-to-fiber recycling, and AI tools that cut waste in supply chains and sort textiles for recycling. This sounds like a win-win: less waste ...

The towers of old clothes reach almost to the ceiling of the 200,000-square-foot hall. Forklifts rumble across the concrete floor, squeezing between the stacked bales of jeans, jackets, sweaters, and ...

The fashion industry has problems with textile waste and mislabeling. AI tools from Refiberd and HKRITA offer help with sustainable garment recycling.

California is tackling the problem of textile and fashion waste with the country’s first law that requires clothing companies to implement a recycling system for the garments they sell. Governor Gavin ...

The circular economy – the idea of reduce, reuse and recycle – has long been promoted as one solution to the environmental crisis. Instead of the old take, make, use, throw away model, it aims to keep ...

In the late 1940s, following wartime-driven innovation, the mass production of inexpensive plastics revolutionized American life. For the first time, plastic toothbrushes, bottles, kitchenware, and fu ...

This month, three shirts, two dresses, and a pair of shorts arrived at my door. They’re mine, but only for a month. After that, I’ll pack them in a reusable tote bag and send them to a warehouse in ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. – Leaders in microplastics research and relevant stakeholders from across New York state recently gathered for the Microplastics Summit hosted by the New York State Center for Plastics ...