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 ...

Timo Rissanen is a founding board member of the Union of Concerned Researchers in Fashion. Today we make more clothing than ever before. And the driver for this is primarily economic, rather than ...

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 ...

Girlfriend Collective, the activewear brand that makes its garments from recycled plastic bottles, has developed a programme to collect its used garments from customers and turn them into new ones.

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 ...

As plastic manufacturing and pollution continues to threaten our climate, the practice of recycling consumer plastics has gained widespread popularity. Every time I toss a plastic water bottle into ...

In our consumer-focused culture, we often feel the need to buy our way out of a problem – and that’s a need that fast fashion brands have easily filled. Greenwashing has made it so that small changes ...