The UK throws a collective 216 million pieces of children's clothing into landfill each year - a pile 244 times the height of Mount Everest.
Europe sends part of its textile surplus to unregulated hubs, sometimes returning it to the same country of origin, tripling emissions in the process.
Community members peruse clothes brought in for Johnson County Conservation's clothing swap event that aims to keep clothes out of local landfills. The event this weekend will be the second time the ...
Global Fashion Agenda’s new Türkiye partnership aims to build factory-level waste systems and accelerate textile-to-textile recycling across one of the industry’s key sourcing regions. Credit: Global ...
The global textile waste crisis, driven by fast fashion’s disposable culture, is devastating ecosystems, clogging landfills, ...
The county says it plans to expand textile collection opportunities to additional facilities as the pilot grows.
For many people, what happens to donated clothes or bags of recycling waste is a mystery — out of sight, out of mind. But for millions, this waste is a livelihood. All over the world, waste pickers ...
A Fairfax County pilot program that aims to make it convenient for residents to recycle textiles is expanding to Lorton.
Beyond offering a service to individual brands, SuperCircle is also aiming to aggregate volume across many brands to give economies of scale so recycling and reuse become financially viable. The ...
A Fairfax County pilot program that aims to make it convenient for residents to recycle textiles is expanding. In January, the Northern Virginia suburb ...