An annual campaign that encourages people to buy pre-loved items over new ones, Second Hand September is a great initiative to help you move away from fast fashion. It's also a good time to consider ...

A new factory operated by Renewcell, a textile recycling company in Sweden, is the first step in turning old clothes into new, high-quality fashion. About a half-dozen start-ups around the world are ...

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 ...

Zips, buttons, and labels all stand in the way of recycling our clothing. But removing them can be time, cost, and labor-intensive.

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Fashion, and particularly so-called fast fashion, in which companies release multiple rounds of cheap clothing every year, takes massive toll on the environment. Fashion is estimated to account for ...

Chanalisa Sera is the first supervisor at Homeboy Industries’ new business, Homeboy Threads. From the seat of a forklift, Chanalisa Sera moves hundreds of boxes of clothes within a warehouse in Los ...

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 ...