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Ways to increase textile recycling

Textile recycling

Recycling old textiles into new textiles is one way of reducing waste. However, scaling textile recycling will require coordination between designers, buyers, collectors and recyclers. I have written about how to increase clothing utilization, a strategy that is preferable to buying clothes and recycling them at the end of their useful life. However, recycling is […]

How to increase clothing utilization

Rent or buy to increase apparel utilization?

Clothing utilization must increase if we are to achieve a new textiles economy, i.e., one that is founded on circular systems Some facts According to the Ellen MacArthur Foundation textiles report Clothing production has doubled in the past 15 years driven by a growing middle class and people spending more on clothes. Clothing utilization has […]

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