Valentine’s Day cards are already lining the store shelves; Christmas themed commercials have stopped playing, and everyone is back to their routines. It’s safe to say the holidays are over, and it’s time for some clean up, a process that can cause quite a bit of stress and anxiety. Streamline the process and help the … Continue reading
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Season’s Greenings
From Thanksgiving to New Year’s Day, household waste increases by more than 25 percent, and this extra trash — mostly food, shopping bags, product packaging and wrapping paper — adds up to an additional 1 million tons of waste a week that’s sent to U.S. landfills, according to the EPA.
Spandex brand Lycra might expand interest in bio-derived textiles
Invista, a business with apparel as one of its four major cornerstones, is leading the way for green-based spandex with the launching of their Lycra brand of new bio-derived spandex made of 70 percent renewable bio-based materials. This makes Invista the only company to sell commercially available spandex not made from raw materials provided by … Continue reading
Textile recycling companies are ‘Happy’ to prove clothes are ‘Not Trashy’
Consumerism, fast fashion, clothes making, clothing sustainability and the social impact of second-hand clothing were hot topics at the fifth annual Textile Recycling Conference organized by Garson & Shaw. Over 200 guests from textile recycling employees came from the U.S., Guatemala, El Salvador, Spain, Bulgaria, Canada, Slovakia, Belize, Nicaragua and Zimbabwe from Thurs., May 15, … Continue reading
College students can meet the demand between frugality, fashion and recycling
Pajama pants, yoga shorts, T-shirts and sandals have been getting ditched for more fashionable apparel on college campuses. It’s no longer a rarity to see students headed to class in the latest fashionable clothes and shoes in the new “hot” color. So how can college students who are struggling to pay for textbooks, food and … Continue reading
Tips to plan a ‘green’ wedding
Planning a wedding may be stressful for the bride, the groom and the rest of the wedding party. And it’s not just cringeworthy for the wallet, although Forbes estimates the average wedding is $28,000 – the price of some people’s annual salary. There’s also the issue of trying to make sure all of the guests … Continue reading
$1,200 for prom, but what does it cost the earth?
How do you remember your high school prom? Perhaps as a rite of passage, an elegant celebration to cap off four years of high school to gather with friends and classmates one last time before embarking on adult life. Perhaps as a romantic evening with that special someone, or maybe as a fun evening for … Continue reading
The bad Christmas gift guide: Recycling, reusing, regifting
Ever get a bad Christmas gift? Or, better yet, ever get a hilariously, ridiculously, awesomely bad Christmas gift, like the nose hair trimmer your grandmother sent last year? It’s OK—you can tell us. We’ve all been there. While the old saying goes “it’s the thought that counts,” some gifts simply have no practical use for … Continue reading
Textile reuse: What about winter clothing?
It’s been discussed on our blog and on news outlets—the global secondhand clothing industry is worth an estimated one billion dollars. While it’s definitely a global industry, the most commonly discussed importers of used clothing are Africa and South America. Except for the southernmost regions of South America, these markets import summer clothing exclusively. As … Continue reading
Environmental impacts, sustainable solutions for winter clothing
As a textile recycling company, we at USAgain often think about the environmental impact in terms of every T-shirt produced. This is because T-shirts are a simple item of clothing and a staple of most everyone’s wardrobe. Although we often use a T-shirt as an example, we pay close attention to the environmental impact of all … Continue reading
