Similarly, while it's not impossible to recycle items with fasteners, such as zips and buttons, it is trickier and more ...

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 Your outdated and discarded wardrobe could end up like the 2.5 million tons of textiles that were ...

One of the biggest challenges to recycling textiles is removing impurities and extra material like zippers, buttons and ...

Sometimes our closets and dressers seem like they’re brimming with clothing. Despite this, we might find ourselves feeling like we have nothing to wear. Both situations signal it might be time for a ...

We independently review everything we recommend. When you buy through our links, we may earn a commission. Learn more› By Kaitlyn Wells An earlier version of this guide misattributed a source as a For ...

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 ...

The circular economy—the idea of "reduce, reuse and recycle"—has long been promoted as one solution to the environmental ...

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 ...

A hospice is helping to fund its staffing costs by selling and recycling old and second-hand clothing. Barnsley Hospice says ...