When you wear the newest pair of Levi’s, you’ll also be wearing someone’s old Levis: they’re partially made from old, recycled jeans. They’re also fully circular: When they eventually wear out, they ...

While automakers like Ford continue to make improvements in fuel efficiency, they are always looking for other ways to reduce a vehicle’s environmental footprint. One way to do this is by using ...

Muji is taking a step forward to help close the loop. The Japanese retailer is partnering with Cotton Incorporated’s Blue Jeans Go Green program to collect and recycle denim. Consumers can bring ...

If you buy this new blue dress from H&M once it hits stores in March, it might be made in part from a pair of jeans that you recycled last year. The retailer is the first to use a new material called ...

Reuse Jeans, an eco-friendly denim company with its flagship shop in Laguna Beach, started when owner George Powell’s son, Luke, asked him a good question. “We were taking bottles and cans to the ...

What do you do when you’re sitting on a pile of old wide legs jeans that just aren’t in fashion anymore? Well if you’re designer Hyun Gun Jang, you tailor them into gorgeous geometric dresses. Who ...

Did you know that the average American throws away approximately 70 pounds of clothing and other textiles each year? Textile waste including denim, which is made from biodegradable cotton, takes up ...

Last year, for my birthday, my husband gave me a personalized license plate. It read Q-RENEW. The Q is obviously for Quimby and the word "renew" is how I look at stuff that surrounds me every day.

Jeans are one of those things that you just can’t—OK, don’t want to—live without. But it turns out, they’re total crap for the environment. It reportedly takes 2,000 gallons of water to manufacture ...

Homeboy Electronics Recycling workers dismantle equipment in the company's facility in Commerce. Guess Inc.’s partnership with a local nonprofit is providing a second life for used clothing and ...

Ford is using recycled cottons in the interior of the new 2012 Focus as part of carpet backing and sound absorption material. Cotton from post-consumer, recycled blue jeans is used in areas such as ...

If you have a pair of jeans that is beyond repair you can repurpose them into a gardening (or other activity) apron by cutting away everything not part of the apron. Culinary weblog Chow.com shares ...