Socks with holes, moth-eaten sweaters and ripped T-shirts—these aren’t the kinds of garments one would normally consider donating. Yet the Salvation Army is seeking such unwearables as it aims to save ...

RIT-GIS research engineers develop automated system to dismantle used clothing for high-quality textile recycling. AI and laser technology identify and remove non-recyclable elements like zippers, ...

CNW/ - Denovia Inc., a leader in next-generation chemical recycling technology, today announced the next phase of ...

ZHANGJIAGANG, China (AP) — In an industrial park in Zhangjiagang, a small city on China’s east coast, a large humming and hissing machine feeds on piles of used clothes and sorts them. The novelty? It ...

Huge amounts of clothing are simply discarded, and almost nothing goes to reuse or recycling. But with sensors and artificial ...

The clothing used to test the machine is more than 1,000 items from a local Goodwill that were donated but didn’t sell. Every year, 11 million tons of textiles – clothing, towels, bedding and more – ...

The fashion industry is sitting on a heaping pile of a problem. Over 14 million tons of clothing is either landfilled or incinerated every year, according to the EPA. It represents almost 6% of all ...

The International Finance Corporation, a member of the World Bank Group, affirms that textile recycling in Morocco represents ...

The two-story complex, to be constructed within a “derelict” former laboratory and offices on MYGroup’s existing recycling campus, will remanufacture waste textiles into new products in “a UK-first,” ...

Clothing is far too valuable to simply dispose of and burn. Starting in 2025, used textiles are to be collected and recycled throughout the EU. Improved recycling processes are urgently needed to deal ...

Incubators and funding rounds are accelerating sustainable innovation, but sustainability remains a grassroots movement. RicRack exemplifies this—transforming waste into opportunity while fostering ...

Inside a dim recycling unit in Panipat, Haryana, 100-odd km north of New Delhi, 26-year-old Rekha Devi cuts through heaps of discarded clothes from Europe and America. The room vibrates with the sound ...