Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Every year, 11 million tons of textiles — clothing, towels, bedding and more — end up in landfills in the United States. It’s a ...

Textiles Recycling Expo USA has shared the official agenda for its conference taking place 29-30 April at the Charlotte ...

Zips, buttons, and labels all stand in the way of recycling our clothing. But removing them can be time, cost, and labor-intensive.

The conference agenda has been officially announced for Textiles Recycling Expo USA, taking place April 29–30, 2026 at the Charlotte Conven ...

Austrian technology provider says Redwave TEX is a sensor-based device that can sort clothing and fabric for recycling. Redwave describes its new TEX device as one that offers “a fully automated, ...

At recycled fiber producer Unifi's facility in Yadkinville, North Carolina, workers pile hundreds of discarded garments onto a massive conveyor belt. As the belt lurches forward, mounds of old ...

UMD Assistant Professor and Researcher Abigail Clarke-Sather along with her grad student, Paulo Alves, created a fiber shredder- which takes fabric samples and turns them into fluffy fibers that can ...

The organization says its NIR-SORT offering contains the molecular “fingerprints” of different kinds of textile fibers that can enable faster and more efficient sorting of fabrics at recycling ...

International technology Group ANDRITZ will be presenting its innovative nonwovens production and textile solutions at Techtextil in Frankfurt, ...

The state Department of Environmental Conservation estimates the market value of discarded clothing is nearly $130 million and recycling efforts could create more than 1,000 jobs in the state. U.S.

Inside a dim recycling unit in Panipat, Haryana, 100-odd km north of New Delhi, 26-year-old Rekha Devi cuts through heaps of discarded clothes from Europe and America. The room vibrates with the sound ...