textile waste
The Or Foundation, Suay Partner to Tackle Textile Waste in Ghana, L.A.
The two organizations are teaming up after two devastating fires put into focus their shared reality of too…
Europe ‘Abandons Ambition’ With Waste Framework Directive Update
Zero Waste Europe alleges EU co-legislators lacked conviction on textile waste reform as policymakers reached…
New Bipartisan Bill Bets Big on Recycling
The recently endorsed STEWARD Act aims to close gaps in recycling accessibility and reduce the amount of…
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This Cohort Is Breaking the Loop for Circularity
The ESCF project helps fashion players reconfigure value chains for circularity, with the initiative's first…
Amsterdam Researchers Chemically Unstitch Poly From Cotton
Avantium and the University of Amsterdam have developed a patented, scalable method for recycling polycotton…
L.A. and Kantamanto: 2 Fires, 2 Responses, 1 Common Problem
Southern California and Kantamanto Market in Accra, Ghana, are being drawn together because of shared tragedy…
The Circular Economy Demands Reformed Trade Codes, Cambridge Reports
The University of Cambridge's CRSD proposes modernizing international textile trade codes to streamline the…
Can Washington State Hold Fashion Accountable For Its Environmental Impact?
A reintroduced bill wants brands and retailers making more than $100 million in global gross income to reveal…
Why Kantamanto Market’s Fiery Destruction Could Leave Sustainable Fashion Up in Smoke
Despite the lack of severe casualties, the economic impact has been considerable for thousands of secondhand…
Federal Government Acknowledges Textile Waste in GAO Report
The report highlights the substantial environmental impact of discarded textiles and the current, largely…
‘Tag Ur It’: The Fashion Brands Behind Ghana’s Textile Waste Crisis
An environmental nonprofit has been cataloging the clothing labels it finds during its beach cleanups. It's…
Meet The Brands Using Black Friday as a Call to Conscious Consumption
Spanish label Ecoalf and filmmaker Stella Banderas address the Atacama Desert in an anti-Black Friday video…
Reju Taps French Heavyweights for Textile Recycling
Reju and Nouvelles Fibres Textiles join forces to build France's circular ecosystem for textiles as the EU's…
Future Fabrics Expo Explores How to Stop Wasting Waste
Circularity pioneers discussed reframing the industry's "invisible waste" problem during the Future Fabrics…
Fashion for Good Unveils Data-Driven Tool to Map Global Textile Waste
World of Waste provides an overview of data on waste quantities, types and compositions.