The global Clothing and Textile Recycling Market was valued at USD 13610 Million in the year 2024 and is projected to reach a revised size of USD 20220 Million by 2031, growing at a CAGR of 5.9% ...
Demand for recycled clothing has grown 76% year-on-year, but cotton remains the dominant sustainable material used by brands, ...
The towers of old clothes reach almost to the ceiling of the 200,000-square-foot hall. Forklifts rumble across the concrete floor, squeezing between the stacked bales of jeans, jackets, sweaters, and ...
A new factory operated by Renewcell, a textile recycling company in Sweden, is the first step in turning old clothes into new, high-quality fashion. About a half-dozen start-ups around the world are ...
Scientists from the University of Portsmouth and the University of Manchester say they have developed a fusion enzyme that ...
Spinnova’s technology for creating fiber from cellulose is a 2019 World Changing Ideas Award Winner. It could stop the bad environmental effects of cotton production. Your future T-shirts might be ...
An invisible, indelible sorting label could be the missing link for circular textile recycling. The clothing industry is a mess. Fast fashion and the rapid-fire cycling of trends means we’re tossing ...
The clothes we wear come with their own environmental baggage. Consider that a cotton T-shirt requires roughly 700 gallons of water to produce. Each year, the production of polyester emits roughly 1.5 ...
Sustainable fashion is a hot topic when it comes to leading luxury brands, and Spanish fast-fashion retailer Zara is looking to take a serious leap forward in that department. Zara is stepping up its ...