Clothes recycling is going curbside in more U.S. towns as global prices rise for the used apparel, shoes and linens that Americans often toss in the trash. Since September, ...

In North America, 10.5 million tons of clothes go to landfills every year. First, Try to Keep Clothes as Clothes. To find out what is being done about this in the Bay Area, I started with my own ...

ABC’s War on Waste series found Australians are dumping 6,000 kilograms of clothing in landfill every 10 minutes. We’re the second largest consumer of textiles in the world, per capita.

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 ...

The recycling factory that repurposes discarded cotton clothes is trying to deal with the urgent waste problem. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan) Shoppers walk by an apparel store in Shanghai on March 18, 2024.

This holiday shopping season, environmental groups are asking shoppers to reconsider buying cheaper fast-fashion items that may only get a few uses.

By TIAN MACLEOD JI. 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 ...

The recycling factory that repurposes discarded cotton clothes is trying to deal with the urgent waste problem. Credit: AP/Ng Han Guan By The Associated Press Updated July 10, 2024 ...

Textile waste is an urgent global problem, with just 12% recycled worldwide — and only 1% are castoff clothes recycled into new garments.