Kennie MacCarthy rummages through a knee-deep pile of clothes, pointing out their flaws: sweat stains, overstretched collars, holes and rips. They belong to a vendor in one of the world’s largest ...

Atmos reports on the fashion industry's profound waste problem, driven by overproduction and overconsumption, harming global ...

Across Europe, member states are rolling out extended producer responsibility schemes. The competition for funds is heating up, and the question of global accountability looms large.

The global Clothing and Textile Recycling Market was valued at USD 13610 Million in the year 2024 and is projected to reach a revised size of USD 20220 Million by 2031, growing at a CAGR of 5.9% ...

Celestina Mahovic, 37, wanted to highlight how swapping clothes or buying them second-hand could help the environment and so ...

The towers of old clothes reach almost to the ceiling of the 200,000-square-foot hall. Forklifts rumble across the concrete floor, squeezing between the stacked bales of jeans, jackets, sweaters, and ...

“I've attended a few clothing swap parties where everyone eats good food and digs through each other's gently used clothing." ...

WENZHOU, China -- At a factory in Zhejiang province on China's eastern coast, two mounds of discarded cotton clothing and bed linens, loosely separated into dark and light colors, pile up on a ...

Likewise, if the clothes you are getting rid of are dirty or stained, they may not be suitable for donation or recycling.

A 10-month project by Greenpeace Israel to track 24 items of used clothing dropped into recycling containers throughout the country has revealed that most of the items ended up in Africa or in Israeli ...