Growing mountains of textile waste are hard to recycle. There is scope to improve chemical and mechanical recycling methods but consumers and fashion brands play a ...
The waste problem to which polyester and other synthetic materials used in mass-produced clothing have contributed is ...
As we transition into the warm weather months and some opt to spring-clean their homes, purging the closets may be on the to-do list. Organizations like Goodwill or the Salvation Army are popular ...
A combined team of chemical and biomolecular engineers from the University of Delaware, and the Center for Plastics Innovation, both in the U.S., has developed a way to chemically separate fibers in ...
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 Your outdated and discarded wardrobe could end up like the 2.5 million tons of textiles that were ...
Timo Rissanen is a founding board member of the Union of Concerned Researchers in Fashion. Today we make more clothing than ever before. And the driver for this is primarily economic, rather than ...
When it comes to “sustainable fashion,” there are many definitions, each looking at the environmental impact of the fashion industry from a different perspective. The main goal of all these approaches ...
Fashion, and particularly so-called fast fashion, in which companies release multiple rounds of cheap clothing every year, takes massive toll on the environment. Fashion is estimated to account for ...
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 ...