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 ...

Chanalisa Sera is the first supervisor at Homeboy Industries’ new business, Homeboy Threads. From the seat of a forklift, Chanalisa Sera moves hundreds of boxes of clothes within a warehouse in Los ...

It's natural to part with pieces of your wardrobe as your tastes and circumstances evolve. Even the most conscious shoppers do. But what really can make the difference is what you do with the clothes ...

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 ...

For Days organized multiple stops along the California coast to collect used clothing. For Days wants your old clothes. And they’re already turning some of them into new ones. It’s a circular model ...

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 ...

It’s widely known that you’re not supposed to dump unused paint down the drain or in the trash, since it’s considered hazardous. Instead, you’re urged to drop off partially full cans, for free, at a ...

Large bales of cotton waste are dumped on conveyor belts, shredded, and then broken down into a wet slurry, with the help of chemicals. That slurry, known as dissolving pulp, is then bleached, dried, ...

Likewise, if the clothes you are getting rid of are dirty or stained, they may not be suitable for donation or recycling.

M&S has become the latest retailer to offer shoppers vouchers for their unwanted clothes, joining John Lewis, H&M, Asda and River Island, which all offer similar schemes. Clearing out your pre-loved ...