Giving Materials Memory” enables denim to be authenticated, traced & reintroduced as a higher-value, verifiable input for reuse and recycling NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK / ACCESS Newswire / December 30, ...

Recycling is simply taking old stuff and making it new again. American clothing manufacturers are doing just that by recycling plastic bottles, paper and more to create clothing you’ll be proud to ...

If you buy this new blue dress from H&M once it hits stores in March, it might be made in part from a pair of jeans that you recycled last year. The retailer is the first to use a new material called ...

The waste generated by the fashion and clothing industry is massive, and not just because of the items that are worn a few times before being discarded in favor of the latest trends. Recycling ...

The towers of old clothes reach almost to the ceiling of the 200,000-square-foot hall. Forklifts rumble across the concrete floor, squeezing between the stacked bales of jeans, jackets, sweaters, and ...

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 ...

His two-year-old jeans were marked with his initials, then washed and repaired, before being put out for resale. More than 100 pairs, including one from fashion photographer Jean-Baptiste Mondino, ...

Homeboy Electronics Recycling workers dismantle equipment in the company's facility in Commerce. Guess Inc.’s partnership with a local nonprofit is providing a second life for used clothing and ...