Today we make more clothing than ever before. And the driver for this is primarily economic, rather than human need. Over the past decade, the term “circular economy” has entered the fashion industry ...
If you’re a fast fashion lover, there’s a good chance that many of the clothes in your closet are made in Bangladesh. For decades, the country has been a hub of low-wage garment manufacturing. But ...
Cayuga County’s household chemical collection event scheduled for Saturday, Oct. 16, still has some time slots available, but do not wait to register as last year’s event reached capacity and closed ...
NEW YORK -- In the fashion industry, buzzwords like "sustainability" have now become chic. And in a business where new and different has been the norm, you hear a lot of talk about reusing and ...
Chelsea Hylton is a web producer for CBS Los Angeles. An Inglewood native, Hylton has her master's degree from USC. She covers local breaking news across the Southern California region. Before joining ...
The stats are alarming: Each American, on average, sends almost 65 pounds of clothes to the landfill every year. If you are dropping your used stuff off at Goodwill or selling it on eBay, you are part ...
The average person in the developed world buys 60 per cent more items of clothing than they did at the turn of the century – and keeps clothing for only half as long as they used to. A survey ...