Adrian Jones and Graham Ross have pioneered a process that takes blended fabrics and reduces them to raw components Before and after the catwalk, the fashion industry is inherently ugly. Textiles account for 10% of global carbon emissions. The industry…
MONCHENGLADBACH – A German-Dutch consortium is working on an industrial solution for the mechanical recycling of old clothes made from mixed fibres into new yarns and fabrics, primarily for use in the automotive industry. The consortium consists of engineering company…
A Swedish recycling mill has developed a new way to reprocess old clothes. Used cotton fabrics are separated and “de-dyed” to remove colour before being turned into a pulp called circulose. The pulp is dried and then sold to textile…
Textile and clothing recycling is a potentially beneficial activity from environmental, social and economic points of view, as opposed to landfilling or being used for energy. As cities increasingly divert other high-volume waste streams such as organics, the recycling of old clothes…
Hannah Oh’s sister gave her a dress from Zara for Christmas, but her sister didn’t buy it from Zara. She bought it secondhand from the retail resell site Poshmark. Oh, 19, saw the dress online and knew she wanted it,…
Thousands of garments are stored on a three-tiered conveyor system at a sorting facility for ThredUp, an online thrift store. Matt York/AP My personal law of physics dictates that if you compliment something I’m wearing, I will automatically tell you where…