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New California law forces brands to add clothing recycling networks

Oct 10, 2024
The law's aimed at improving a clothing recycling rate of only 15 percent.
California's new plants will work to reduce the massive rate of clothing waste.
Caleigh Wells/Marketplace

How one company is tackling the tricky — and expensive — task of recycling clothing

May 1, 2023
Diverting textiles from landfills is more difficult and more expensive than doing so for paper and glass. A group of formerly incarcerated workers is paving the way.
Companies send in unsold stock and returned clothes to divert their waste from landfills.
Caleigh Wells