A hospice is helping to fund its staffing costs by selling and recycling old and second-hand clothing. Barnsley Hospice says ...

Amid a worldwide glut of U.S. used clothes, Toronto businessmen like Farokh Gahadali have carved out a profitable niche. He and dozens of other immigrant entrepreneurs buy tens ...

Yes, even clothes can be recycledCall it the Forever 21 effect, or fast fashion. Americans are buying, and discarding, clothes more quickly than ever. The average American throws 54 pounds of ...

Mothers from both sides of the border have started a small business that uses old t-shirts and other recycled fabric to create prayer flags.

Patagonia has been weaving recycled materials into its products for nearly 25 years, initially milling discarded plastic bottles into fleece pullovers. Today, the Ventura-based outdoor clothing and ...

A project called Voice Ireland decided to track clothes donations, and found that many end up as far away as Africa or Southeast Asia.

How to turn one piece of recycled cloth into 14 outfits and a bag So the Lorax movie may be effing up left and right, but take heart, nostalgia-trippers: you can still own a real-life Thneed! The ...

How Else to Re-Use Cloth Masks If you’d prefer not to spend any extra money but want to do the right thing for the environment, consider re-purposing your cloth masks.

Forty-five percent of recycled clothes are sold to other countries, 30% are turned into cleaning rags and 25% are turned into fibers for stuffing or insulation, according to the Secondary ...