If they aren’t recycled, discarded textiles are often incinerated or end up in a landfill like this one. Photo: Creative Commons You know the story. Textile waste is one of the largest causes of pollution on the planet. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) estimates that Americans alone generate more than 15 million metric tons of […]
Truly Circular
To solve the problem of textile waste, some companies pursue an entirely circular system of thread-to-thread recycling.
Features | December 1, 2022 | By: Tim Goral
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