The organization installed 4,500 pounds of discarded clothing outside the California state capitol building in Sacramento on ...

Radici InNova's patented process uses selective dissolution technology to treat mixed textile waste and recover both its ...

Each year, the global fashion industry generates more than 200 billion pounds of textile waste, with fast fashion alone contributing to around 10% of global carbon emissions. Overproduction to satisfy ...

Growing mountains of textile waste are hard to recycle. There is scope to improve chemical and mechanical recycling methods but consumers and fashion brands play a ...

Material and recycling hauler CheckSammy, Surrey, British Columbia, says it is attempting to make it easier for municipalities, businesses and consumers to navigate textile recycling through its Drop ...

Buttons, zippers and threads literally hold garments together, but they also disrupt preprocessing that needs to happen at ...

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Chemical sorting can be utilized to selectively collect polyester from waste plastics and textiles. In the product stream, clean polyesters are obtained because the process eliminates colorants and ...

Many people donate and resell used clothing. But what about that single sock, the ripped stuffed animal, or those shirts with the sweat-stained collars? Those lower-quality textiles often end up in ...

The state agency has received three proposals from organizations seeking to manage California’s extended producer ...

Chelsea Hylton is a web producer for CBS Los Angeles. An Inglewood native, Hylton has her master's degree from USC. She covers local breaking news across the Southern California region. Before joining ...