At recycled fiber producer Unifi's facility in Yadkinville, North Carolina, workers pile hundreds of discarded garments onto a massive conveyor belt. As the belt lurches forward, mounds of old ...

Each year, the global fashion industry generates more than 200 billion pounds of textile waste, with fast fashion alone contributing to around 10% of global carbon emissions. Overproduction to satisfy ...

For over a decade, investment and expectations have been funnelled into textile-to-textile recycling, with a groundswell of emerging technologies promising to turn fashion’s trash back into treasure.