A new factory operated by Renewcell, a textile recycling company in Sweden, is the first step in turning old clothes into new, high-quality fashion. About a half-dozen start-ups around the world ...

One of the smartest ways to reuse old clothes is to put them to work in the garden. They're perfect for building scarecrows, but there are also a lot of other handy uses for clothes in the garden ...

In the best-case scenario, clothing can be chopped up finely in order to be re-spun into thread and made into new textiles, usually in conjunction with virgin materials to improve the fabric’s ...

Nothing quite compares to the feeling of slipping on Lululemon gear. For many shoppers, that buttery-soft Align legging or Nulu sports bra feels like a second skin. It’s one reason why the brand ...

One is a PET pellet, which has the same chemical structure and make-up as virgin PET, to be made into recycled polyester. The other is similar to Renewcell's: once the cotton is separated from the ...

As we head into fashion month, we’re taking a step forward to also highlight the impact of our clothing with The Last Stop, a package emphasizing the long journey of our discarded clothing and ...

So instead of buying more new clothes, Ly simply began having what she already owned redesigned for VND30,000-200,000 per garment. "It’s so much cheaper than buying new clothes, and it’s still ...

Most of our clothing contains these stretchy plastic fibers, but many recycling methods pose the risk of releasing forever chemicals into the environment. This work presents a new way to turn plastic ...

Recycling used clothing back into new clothing is rare. A lot of the problem lies in the fact that our clothing is mostly not made of 100 percent natural fibers; many of our garments are fabric ...

She posted a clip of herself and her mum walking into H&M with a trolley each full of old clothes. The video shows them donating the clothes to people working at the H&M counter, she wrote the ...