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 ...
It’s 2026 and fast fashion is out! Your favorite fashion brands should let you recycle your old clothes. We are better off donating and recycling our garments than throwing them into landfills.
As we transition into the warm weather months and some opt to spring-clean their homes, purging the closets may be on the to-do list. Organizations like Goodwill or the Salvation Army are popular ...
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 ...
Sonja Salmon is a big fan of cellulose, and that’s why she wants to destroy it. “I love cellulose,” she says. “I’m ripping cellulose apart because I love it.” She’s also pulling it apart because the ...
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 ...
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 ...
Macklemore got it right in his hit song "Thrift Shop" when he said "One man's trash, that's another man's come up." Thrifting offers an afterlife to many discarded objects through an impressive ...
It’s widely known that you’re not supposed to dump unused paint down the drain or in the trash, since it’s considered hazardous. Instead, you’re urged to drop off partially full cans, for free, at a ...