The stats are alarming: Each American, on average, sends almost 65 pounds of clothes to the landfill every year. If you are dropping your used stuff off at Goodwill or selling it on eBay, you are part ...

“I’m looking forward to the day when it is normal to turn in your old, favorite T-shirt into a store, then pick up a recycled shirt made from other people’s old favorite shirts,” says Michael ...

A new textile recycling plant opened by the company Renewcell in the small coastal city of Sundsvall, Sweden, is so big that employees use bikes to get from one end of the production line to the other ...

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 Your outdated and discarded wardrobe could end up like the 2.5 million tons of textiles that were ...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 ...

Here at Country Living, we know the critical importance of recycling. But, beyond what the council can pick up during local kerbside collections, it can be confusing to know how to recycle items like ...

Girlfriend Collective, the activewear brand that makes its garments from recycled plastic bottles, has developed a programme to collect its used garments from customers and turn them into new ones.

The company’s new Re.Uniqlo initiative tackles waste by recycling old clothes into fresh items, starting with down jackets. Uniqlo’s affordable down jackets are one of the company’s signature products ...

If you've been having a January clear out, you've probably got a few bags of clothes on the go. Those in good condition you might sell on or donate to a charity shop. Those that are past their best, ...