The average American tosses 82 pounds of clothing and contributes to a global waste of 92 million tons of textiles and leftover fibers every year, according to Earth.org. While we all hope the systems ...

Joe Whitten, Co-Founder and CEO of Apparel Impact, is on a mission—to focus on reuse, recycling, upcycling, and downcycling ...

If you’ve recently visited a biennial or attended an art fair, museum, or gallery show, you’ve probably noticed that textiles are showing up everywhere amid a surge of interest in the medium. It has ...

Data shortfalls threaten EU textile recycling targets as policymakers and industry warn of delayed progress on circular ...

In the Wild West of e-textiles, there are few established materials, manufacturers or standards. Creating a product that looks and wears like a jacket with the guts of a keyboard is an uphill battle, ...

For a few years, Raleigh residents could recycle clothes, shoes and other textiles, but the program was discontinued. City of Raleigh Is recycling worth it? Take a deep dive into Raleigh recycling and ...

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Recycling is more than just a club at Masconomet; it’s a community. With the collaboration of Bay State Textiles and the Masconomet Recycling and DECA clubs, four textile recycling boxes have been ...

According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, textiles accounted for nearly 6 percent of the municipal solid waste generated in 2018, the most recent data available on the agency’s website.

OXFORD — Textile waste has become a large part of the mountains that make up landfills and one local resident is leading an effort to decrease at least that part of contributions to trash collections.