Hong Kong-based nongovernmental organization Redress has revealed it collected a staggering mountain of unwanted clothing in just one month, highlighting a sneaky threat to public and environmental ...

On a special episode (first released on August 21, 2024) of The Excerpt podcast: Globally, we throw out about 92 million tons of clothing each year according to an analysis of data by The Ellen ...

An upcycled fashion and thrifting festival in Ghana is called Obroni Wawu October, using a phrase that in the local Akan language means “dead white man’s clothes.” Organizers see the event as a small ...

Discarded clothing is an environmental scourge. But across Europe, companies are†joining forces to†build new technologies that could make recycling scalable. (Dreamstime/TNS) At the height of the ...

The rise of fast fashion and its contribution to waste has left many people asking, "What can I do when I'm just one person?" The good news is that there are organizations working toward the same ...

Sweden's recycling centres are overflowing with clothes after an EU-wide ban this year on throwing away textiles, leaving overwhelmed municipalities eager to have fast fashion giants take ...

I’ve seen it up close: mothers washing clothes in streams tinted with dye, fishermen pulling lifeless fish from once-clear lakes, and streets transformed into rivers when discarded fabric blocks the ...

Discover the difference between fast fashion vs slow fashion and learn how sustainable clothing and ethical fashion choices ...

Swedish municipalities have been flooded with discarded clothes since a new EU law came into force - Copyright AFP Jim WATSON Swedish municipalities have been flooded ...