Behind the convenience and flashiness of fast fashion lie its unsustainable practices and ecological consequences, from the making of plastic-derived textiles to its disposal. According to the ...
As far as the T2T Alliance-T2T being short for textile-to-textile, as in recycling-is concerned, the European Union's ecodesign for sustainable products regulation has one massive flaw: it doesn't ...
Brands including Nike, H&M and Gap are lining up to ink major offtake deals for textile-to-textile recycled polyester. It ...
Alicia Robles grew up watching her mother make wedding dresses and other clothes in southern Mexico. As a girl, she watched and learned, but she didn’t get back into sewing until she had her own ...
These are topsy-turvy times for the nascent textile recycling industry. The clothing behemoth H&M Group has cofounded a textile recycling firm that promises to become a huge global producer just as ...
Consider the humble T-shirt. A wardrobe staple for more than a century, the T-shirt has become a ubiquitous component of most closets. Yet, no matter their origin–a three-pack, a concert merch table, ...
Gap Inc has signed an agreement with Syre, a textile-to-textile recycler founded by H&M Group, to use 10,000 tons per year of the company’s recycled polyester across its portfolio of brands. The ...
The company, which is owned by Technip Energies of France, uses a depolymerization technology developed by IBM known as ...
Every year the city of Spokane produces about 30,000 tons of textile waste: threadbare T-shirts, worn-out bed sheets, shrunken sweaters and much more. What's not donated to thrift stores (even there, ...
The Western Lake Superior Sanitary District gets a lot of questions about what to do with “weird waste.” Emma Pardini, the environmental program coordinator, helps people figure out what’s recyclable ...
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 ...