"Real solutions mean slowing and phasing out ... production." Researchers make concerning discovery in our clothes: 'Our findings show it is deepening the ... problem' first appeared on The Cool Down.

Recycled polyester has been promoted as fashion’s environmental redemption arc. Turning plastic bottles into clothing promised a cleaner future: less waste, lower emissions, and a more “circular” ...

Looking for sustainable brands that recycle your old clothes? No worries and waste, these brands keep clothes out of the ...

Industry Insight from Ethical Corporation Magazine, a part of Thomson Reuters. Legislation in EU and U.S. states will make textile producers responsible for life cycle of products Just 1% of clothing ...

Less than 1% of used clothing gets repurposed into new garments, so last year the North Face tweaked some of its most popular styles—such as the fuzzy Osito jacket, made from 100% recycled ...

The clothes we wear come with their own environmental baggage. Consider that a cotton T-shirt requires roughly 700 gallons of water to produce. Each year, the production of polyester emits roughly 1.5 ...

HERZOGENAURACH, Germany--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Global sports company PUMA reveals a new collaboration with US upcycler, Andrew Burgess and his brand VIVID VISIONS with the launch of an experimental one-off ...

As plastic manufacturing and pollution continues to threaten our climate, the practice of recycling consumer plastics has gained widespread popularity. Every time I toss a plastic water bottle into ...

Sustainability is taking center stage at the summer olympics this year. The uniforms Team USA will don as they step on the medals podium in Tokyo Olympics this summer will be partly made from recycled ...

You need to look very closely along shorelines to see them. Plastic fibres less than 5mm long, barely visible to the naked eye. Millions of tonnes of these microplastics are contaminating marine life ...