Every year, 11 million tons of textiles — clothing, towels, bedding and more — end up in landfills in the United States. It’s a staggering number, especially since only about 1% of textile waste is ...
Fast fashion has emerged as a profitable strategy to drive massive sales, bombarding consumers with a never ending variety of new clothes at cheap prices. Fueled by the pressure to showcase new ...
RIT-GIS research engineers develop automated system to dismantle used clothing for high-quality textile recycling. AI and laser technology identify and remove non-recyclable elements like zippers, ...
SAN DIEGO COUNTY, Calif. — California is taking steps to address the growing problem of textile waste in landfills with the passage of Senate Bill 707, signed into law at the end of 2024. The ...
The fashion industry has a very well-known waste problem. Almost all (roughly 97%) of clothing eventually ends up in a landfill, according to McKinsey, and it doesn't take very long for the lifecycle ...
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Experts sound alarm on the hidden problem caused by growing trend: 'It's very difficult'
"It's designed to be bought, to be worn, and then to be thrown away." Experts sound alarm on the hidden problem caused by ...
A design and research team from the College of Human Ecology has found an answer to the one of the textile industry’s greatest problems. The problem is textile waste and the answer the Fiberizer v.2, ...
Cheap clothes and online retailing mean people are buying — and discarding — more garments than ever before. BRUSSELS — Europeans’ soaring appetite for fast fashion — accelerated by the ease of online ...
Reju is revolutionizing the textile industry with a circular approach to fashion waste, opening its Regeneration Hub Zero in Frankfurt, Germany, and a partnerships Waste Management and Goodwill.
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