"It's sad, because these clothes don't even come from here," said Angela Astudillo, who lives in Alto Hosipicio, one of the cities near the landfill. The landfill near Alto Hosipicio. CBS Saturday ...

Not only will this keep your old clothes out of the landfill, but this will also give another person an opportunity to buy used, rather than new, while also earning you a little cash on the side.

Images of mountainous landfills overflowing with discarded articles of clothing – dubbed "fossil fashion" — surfaced Thursday, reportedly from Nairobi, Kenya.

It can feel good to donate clothing to a thrift shop or plop it in a drop-off bin, but the reality is that much of this clothing ends up in the landfill regardless.

The EPA’s report on municipal solid waste states 6 percent of all of materials going into landfills or incinerators are clothing or textile products. According to waste composition analyses, ...

“We’re proud to keep approximately 120,000 pounds out of the landfill,” said WabiSabi thrift store's Leah Bear. (story via The Times-Independent) ...

Clothes recycling is going curbside in more U.S. towns as demand rises ... Companies and non-profit groups are partnering with cities eager to reduce landfill costs. They pick up the clothes, ...

Americans send 10.5 million tons of clothing to landfills every year. Can for-profit recycling companies turn those rags into riches?

How to stop stains and keep your clothes out of the landfill. Story by Allyson Chiu • 8mo. Each year, millions of tons of clothes wind up discarded in donation bins or, worse, the trash.

Saving clothes from the landfill. Clothes that are rejected by thrift stores and would otherwise go to the landfill are sent to rag houses: huge warehouses covered floor-to-ceiling in garments.

Key findings from the report include news that around 350,000 tonnes (31%) of used clothing out of a total of 1.13 million tonnes are sent to landfill. This is despiteit retaining a commercial value, ...