It’s a typical Friday evening in Gausia Market. The narrow alleyways are alive with the voices of vendors calling out prices and shoppers haggling over deals -- piles of clothes sit atop each other.
Switzerland generates around 110,000 tons of used clothing a year, reported SRF. Most of it is unwanted. Only 1 in 100 items finds a buyer, according to Sascha Sardella, the operations manager at Tell ...
Shein has developed a polyester recycling process designed to reduce the heavy use of virgin polyester in its clothing production, according to a press release last week. The process accepts both pre- ...
A growing number of sectors are focusing on operating as part of a “circular economy,” aiming to waste less — and reap the financial benefits in the process.
The Suay Sew Shop in Los Angeles is one such center dealing with a huge pile of surplus clothing donations—22,680kg, to be exact. According to the Guardian, the shop is now trying to keep these ...