SYRACUSE, N.Y. – Sept. 17, 2024 – Today, the Center for Sustainable Materials Management (CSMM), a New York state-based resource management research institution, and Resource Recycling Systems (RRS), ...

Each year, the global fashion industry generates more than 200 billion pounds of textile waste, with fast fashion alone contributing to around 10% of global carbon emissions. Overproduction to satisfy ...

Until now, old clothes have mainly been incinerated. Using adapted processes from paper production, it is possible to recover ...

At recycled fiber producer Unifi's facility in Yadkinville, North Carolina, workers pile hundreds of discarded garments onto a massive conveyor belt. As the belt lurches forward, mounds of old ...

Amsterdam-based Fashion for Good has launched its Sorting for Circularity USA report. The report covers consumer disposal behavior, textile waste composition and the potential for fiber-to-fiber ...

“GAO found that most federal entities’ efforts are nascent, and their approach depends on their mission and expertise,” the study reads. “Further, federal entities carry out individualized efforts on ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I'm a freelance writer specializing in retail and ecommerce. Jun 10, 2024, 12:17pm EDT Shoppers can now donate specific textiles ...

Textile waste is a major environmental threat. Here’s what’s being done about it. Hand holding clothing tag with textile waste in background. Behind the convenience and flashiness of fast fashion lie ...

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Circ’s new $500 million facility in Saint-Avold, France, is set to become the world’s first industrial-scale plant dedicated to recycling polycotton textile waste—a feat long considered impossible at ...