Recycling
Fast fashion confronts a reckoning on sustainability under Trump tariffs
New tariffs and the potential end of a duty-free loophole bring new challenges to fashion brands, resellers and manufacturers. Read More
Competitors Everlane, Eileen Fisher and Zalando come together to help scale supply chains for recycled textiles
Fashion retailers are teaming up to smooth the wrinkles that keep circular fabrics out of mainstream fashions. Read More
Here’s what the black plastic spatula scare means for business
Consumers are sending black plastic kitchen tools to landfills after a report found toxic e-waste in them. Here's what businesses need to know. Read More
This Aussie startup backed by Lululemon has grand plans for the plastics used in fashion
Samsara Eco says it's the first to infinitely recycle nylon 6 using enzymes, a move toward its ambition to erase the need for virgin fossil fuels in plastics and fashion. Read More
Google parent Alphabet’s skunkworks targets the plastic crisis
The "X Moonshot for Circularity" initiative seeks to yield value from more than plastic. Read More
This polyester T-shirt can be recycled forever if French startup Carbios has its way
Puma, On, Patagonia, PVH Corp and Salomon all teamed up with Carbios. The result was what they call the world's first 'biorecycled' T-shirt. Now can it be scaled? Read More
See how this Chicago recycling plant uses AI and robots to recover aluminum
As the aluminum industry seeks to ratchet up recycling, Trellis toured a recycling facility that uses an AI-enabled robot on the “last chance” line, an investment that paid for itself in less than a year. Read More
Fashion’s addiction to polyester helps Big Oil, hurts the rest of us: New report
Petroleum-based fibers are spiraling out of control as Zara, Calvin Klein and other brands pay little regard to the harm they cause, the Changing Markets Foundation finds. Read More
What companies can learn from Keurig’s SEC case over K-Cup recycling claims
The government slapped Keurig Dr Pepper on the wrist for claiming its coffee pods are recyclable. Here's what others risk by making claims about plastic. Read More
Inside Goodwill’s bid to build a textile recycling powerhouse
A Walmart Foundation-backed pilot paved the way for Goodwill sites to become textile recycling hubs. Read More