Fashion is built on novelty. As seasons turn and styles shift, garments once deemed desirable can quickly fall out of favour ...

It’s 2026 and fast fashion is out! Your favorite fashion brands should let you recycle your old clothes. We are better off donating and recycling our garments than throwing them into landfills.

The lion’s share of today’s recycled clothing fabrics are made from plastic bottles, even as used textiles pile up in landfills or get incinerated. But that’s beginning to change. Several companies ...

Nearly all your clothes will wind up burned or in a landfill — but scientists are coming up with new ways to recycle those fabrics into new clothes or useful products. A critical step, though, will be ...

Seventeen picks products that we think you'll love the most. We may earn commission from the links on this page. If you’ve ever scored a unique, handmade-looking piece at a thrift shop and realized ...

Your wardrobe is filled with plastic. Your sweat-wicking workout clothes, your running shoe uppers, your raincoat, your high-performance hiking gear, your office clothing. Check the labels. All of it ...

It takes a village to scale circular garments. That was the key lesson that participants of the three-and-a-half-year New Cotton Project took away as the European Union-backed initiative toasted its ...

Recycling old clothes isn’t always straightforward, but there are programs that are making it so much easier to keep apparel, shoes and accessories from ending up in landfills. Ahead, I delve into the ...

Almost all clothing eventually ends up in a landfill, not only giving the fashion industry a difficult waste problem but also a carbon footprint issue. Recycling efforts so far have not made much of a ...

In June, athletes from 16 countries will kick off the World Cup wearing other people’s used clothing. Well, maybe. They’ll be sporting uniforms made from recycled fabric, potentially including a mix ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. In June, athletes from 16 countries will kick off the World Cup wearing other ...