Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. While the industry awaits legislation to advance textile recycling, the circular actors continue to forge ahead. Worn Again ...

The company’s trick is separating cotton and polyester fibers, which is a mechanically difficult process. Previous methodologies for clothing recycling would usually result in destruction of either ...

In 2015, Denmark-based nonprofit Global Fashion Agenda estimated that 92 million tons of textile waste were generated worldwide annually, and the Ellen MacArthur Foundation, based in the United ...

Textile-to-textile recycling was a hot topic at the Textiles Recycling Expo in Charlotte, N.C.

UNtrash It, an initiative designed to keep unwanted clothes out of landfills that launched last April in New York City, is expanding to Dallas and Los Angeles this Earth Month. Last year in the New ...

There are “three legs to the stool” when it comes to textile recycling—collection, sortation, and finally, the processes that turn waste into new, saleable product. Knowing this, recently launched ...

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 ...

There's more work needed in mitigating waste and increasing circularity.

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Many people donate and resell used clothing. But what about that single sock, the ripped stuffed animal, or those shirts with the sweat-stained collars? Those lower-quality textiles often end up in ...