COVID-19 worsened the textile waste crisis. Now it's time for the fashion industry to address this spiraling problem, say Geoffrey Jones and Shelly Xu. COVID-19 has broken fashion’s supply chain. As a ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Anne Field covers impact entrepreneurship and impact investing. You want to reduce pollutants, the textile industry is a good ...

Plastic waste is being recycled and developed into a new sustainable fabric by researchers in Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Recycling has been a massive thing in the entire world ever ...

Waste from the fashion industry accumulates in Taiyuan, Shanxi Province of China. Credit: Deng Yinming/VCG via Getty Images Earlier this May, celebrities gathered in New York City for the Met Gala, ...

Kelly Cobb stands on a stepstool to reach the square opening atop a tall blue machine in the Sustainable Textile Research through Applied Discovery (RAD) Lab at the University of Delaware. Carefully, ...

The discovery could see waste plastic bags being turned into sportswear. Due to its structure, fabric spun from polyethylene could keep a wearer cool by allowing heat to escape, but it's been largely ...

To become a Vogue Business Member and receive the Sustainability Edit newsletter, click here. Ganni is turning to banana waste for its latest launch, a three-piece tracksuit set. If the fibre it’s ...

Technology adoption in the fashion industry value chain is certainly accelerating. The Covid pandemic made it very clear that brands, sourcing houses and manufacturers needed to rapidly adopt digital ...

Marcellina Akpojotor weaves past thumping sewing machines, and leaves a Lagos shop with a bag brimming with discarded fabric. The colourful pieces, which would typically be burned or thrown into the ...

Environmentalists haul illegal fishing nets in the ocean, while poor Haitians collect discarded plastic bottles of the streets of their country. All the waste is then turned into fabric and later into ...

Circular economy specialist and entrepreneur Dr. Chinedu Azih is the chief executive officer of Kazih Kits Limited, which handles the production, packaging, and distribution of professional-grade ...