“I’m looking forward to the day when it is normal to turn in your old, favorite T-shirt into a store, then pick up a recycled shirt made from other people’s old favorite shirts,” says Michael ...

Call it the Forever 21 effect, or fast fashion. Americans are buying, and discarding, clothes more quickly than ever. The average American throws 54 pounds of clothes and shoes into the trash each ...

The world's first commercial-scale textile recycling mill is a milestone in tackling fashion's colossal waste problem. On the Swedish coast of the Baltic Sea, in the city of Sundsvall – home to the ...

Many recyclers will accept torn%2C worn or stained clothes Nearly half of donations are sold for reuse%2C mostly overseas Businesses are placing collection bins in parking lots and gas stations ...

Old clothes turn up in plenty of places – the hamper, the bottom of a closet, behind the washing machine. They're also found in the next-generation Ford Focus, though in different and more useful ...

Wondering what to do with old clothes? Before tossing them in the trash, consider clothes recycling. Your outdated and discarded wardrobe could end up like the 2.5 million tons of textiles that were ...

EU-funded research is helping to turn old clothes into new, quality products, aiming to reduce textile waste and make recycled textiles the norm.By Ali JonesIn a factory in Waregem, north-west Belgium ...

When it comes to clothing, being both environmentally-conscious and fashion-conscious can be tricky – the one emphasizes reusing and recycling, while the other is all about casting things off as soon ...

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 ...