"Recycled Fibers" News Archive

Rather than resorting to the simplism of reuse, B Corp brand Mud Jeans has found a way of transforming new into old, and waste into profit, with a sustainable method that creates new style concepts.

Collina Strada, the young New York label with a punk aesthetic and eco-friendly values, prioritizes sustainable fabrics and has a partnership with a Ghana-based textile waste nonprofit called OR Foundation to repurpose materials.

For a garment to be classified as recycled, it must have a minimum of 30% recycled materials, and 20% in the case of cotton.

According to the Amsterdam-based global platform, a new end market for non-reusable textiles supported by a digital matching system is required to achieve a circular system.

With brands like Levi’s already using Tencel™ x Refibra™ Lyocell, Lenzing has plans for scaling not just for its textiles, but for the whole textile industry.

The Swedish Fashion brand has developed a groundbreaking recycled material for its spring/summer 2024 collection in collaboration with Södra, Lenzing, and Riopele.

After Dow promised to turn the rubber of old shoes into playground and running track surfaces in 2021, Reuters tracked most of the shoes to secondhand markets or remote locations in Indonesia.

Currently, less than 1% of clothing is recycled. Here is what fashion companies like Sepiia, Ecoalf, and Stella McCartney are doing in response.