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.

For over a decade, investment and expectations have been funnelled into textile-to-textile recycling, with a groundswell of emerging technologies promising to turn fashion’s trash back into treasure.

Torridge District Council said the new facility in Bideford would act as the main hub for employees working in waste and recycling A new £5m operational service centre has opened in north Devon, ...