RIT-GIS research engineers develop automated system to dismantle used clothing for high-quality textile recycling. AI and laser technology identify and remove non-recyclable elements like zippers, ...

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 clothing used to test the machine is more than 1,000 items from a local Goodwill that were donated but didn’t sell. Every year, 11 million tons of textiles – clothing, towels, bedding and more – ...

ZHANGJIAGANG, China (AP) — In an industrial park in Zhangjiagang, a small city on China’s east coast, a large humming and hissing machine feeds on piles of used clothes and sorts them. The novelty? It ...

According to Refiberd, the world has a 186-billion-pound problem on its hands. That being how many pounds of textiles are cast off each year, with less than 1 percent being recycled. The Cupertino, ...

The two-story complex, to be constructed within a “derelict” former laboratory and offices on MYGroup’s existing recycling campus, will remanufacture waste textiles into new products in “a UK-first,” ...

The organization is transforming waste into opportunity while fostering community, education, and social impact.

Huge amounts of clothing are simply discarded, and almost nothing goes to reuse or recycling. But with sensors and artificial ...

The fashion industry has come under fire of late for its outsize impact on the environment. From cradle to grave, it accounts for between 4% and 10% of the world’s carbon emissions and around 20% of ...

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 ...

Recent International media report highlighting textile recycling activities in clusters such as Panipat (Haryana), has drawn attention to environmental and occupational aspects associated with ...

Bangladesh’s garment industry stands at a critical turning point. For more than three decades, the country built its economic success on low-cost manufacturing, efficient exports, and strong ...