Are our donated clothes really being recycled? Landfills receive millions of tons of textile waste each year because there isn’t enough demand for donated clothing. So how can we reuse and repurpose our old fabrics?

Projects — Femke van Gemert I Waste Textiles Artist

There is a growing trend within the sustainability community towards upcycling, by taking waste materials and giving them purpose by turning them into something more usable. In order to prevent more waste & pollution from being created, upcycling materials is one of the best (and craftiest) ways that everyday people can help the environment!

Liz Ricketts is a fashion designer, educator and founder of The Or Foundation . Her work looks at overconsumption and overproduction within the fashion industry, and attempts to engage people in alternatives. In 2011, with her partner Branson Skinner, she founded The Or Foundation, which aims to li

BBC Earth tells you all about about where your returned goods end up and what can be done to combat this unnecessary and damaging waste.

Saving the earth one reused item at a time. Together, we can make a fashion statement by making an environmental one, too.

Textile Recycling services help protect your Los Angeles, California company. We provide the best and most secure textile recycling.