This Is the Best Way to Give Old Sweaters New Life—Even If Thrift Stores Won't Take It

Old sweaters can be unraveled and the yarn recycled to create new items. Learn how to unravel a sweater and how to use the ...
The New York Times

Will We Ever Be Able to Recycle Our Clothes Like an Aluminum Can?

A new factory operated by Renewcell, a textile recycling company in Sweden, is the first step in turning old clothes into new, high-quality fashion. About a half-dozen start-ups around the world are ...

You Might Want to Think Twice About Clothing Brands That Push Rental, Resale, and Recycling

Along with more than 150,000 other people—most of them, like me, women between the ages of 25 and 35—I subscribe to Nuuly, a rental service operated by URBN, the parent company of brands including ...
NewsBytes

Your old clothes might be useful again, thanks to AI

The Matoha portable fabric identifier is a handheld scanner that employs near-infrared spectroscopy and AI algorithms to identify fiber types such as cotton, polyester, wool, and blends with high ...
The Dispatch / The Rock Island Argus

Recycle a sweater for a cool look

You have your boots, your jeans and your headbands, and you can be confident you'll look like your sister Susie or your pal down the hall. But, hey, you don't want to blend in with the pack. Even with ...