Growing mountains of textile waste are hard to recycle. There is scope to improve chemical and mechanical recycling methods but consumers and fashion brands play a ...

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 ...

Sometimes our closets and dressers seem like they’re brimming with clothing. Despite this, we might find ourselves feeling like we have nothing to wear. Both situations signal it might be time for a ...

A great recycling program is helping people turn their old clothes into valuable travel rewards — while also keeping clothes out of landfills. Trashie's Take Back Bag is designed to make textile ...

COMMERCE, Calif. (KABC) -- Homeboy Industries is not only finding ways to provide new lives for those who were incarcerated or formerly in gangs. It's also giving second chances to old clothing, using ...

Discarded clothing is an environmental scourge. But across Europe, companies are†joining forces to†build new technologies that could make recycling scalable. (Dreamstime/TNS) At the height of the ...

An annual campaign that encourages people to buy pre-loved items over new ones, Second Hand September is a great initiative to help you move away from fast fashion. It's also a good time to consider ...

In California, it’s relatively easy to recycle aluminum cans, newspapers or glass bottles. But for one of the most commonly used household products — clothes — options are few. Every year, tons of ...