COVID-19 worsened the textile waste crisis. Now it's time for the fashion industry to address this spiraling problem, say Geoffrey Jones and Shelly Xu. COVID-19 has broken fashion’s supply chain. As a ...

Estonian designer Reet Aus has spent more than a decade turning factory waste into new garments.

Reduce waste by giving your used materials new life. If you trip on the pavement and rip a hole in your jeans, there’s no need to throw them out. Clothes patches can save the day by covering up the ...

Technology adoption in the fashion industry value chain is certainly accelerating. The Covid pandemic made it very clear that brands, sourcing houses and manufacturers needed to rapidly adopt digital ...

Kelly Cobb stands on a stepstool to reach the square opening atop a tall blue machine in the Sustainable Textile Research through Applied Discovery (RAD) Lab at the University of Delaware. Carefully, ...

A team of researchers may have found a groundbreaking solution to one of fashion's biggest sustainability problems. By turning farm waste into sustainable fabric, it's solving multiple problems with ...

Deadstock has long been an ugly but open secret for fashion, with massive amounts of excess fabric sitting in factories and unsold merchandise sent to a landfill or burned. Today, it’s a trending ...

The discovery could see waste plastic bags being turned into sportswear. Due to its structure, fabric spun from polyethylene could keep a wearer cool by allowing heat to escape, but it's been largely ...

LAGOS, Oct 9 (Reuters) - Marcellina Akpojotor weaves past thumping sewing machines, and leaves a Lagos shop with a bag brimming with discarded fabric. The colourful pieces, which would typically be ...