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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 – ...

PARIS — Europe’s ambitions to build a circular textile economy face steep economic and structural challenges, according to a new report by Boston Consulting Group and upcyling initiative ReHubs.

PARIS — Italian legwear and swimwear brand Calzedonia is taking on one of fashion’s most overlooked waste problems — discarded tights — with the launch of Life Re-Tights, a textile-to-textile ...