We like where the recycling trend is going. First plastic bottles were turned into fleece jackets, next came bikinis (restoring our commitment to filling our blue bin). And just when we thought it ...

Did you know that the average American throws away approximately 70 pounds of clothing and other textiles each year? Textile waste including denim, which is made from biodegradable cotton, takes up ...

Muji is taking a step forward to help close the loop. The Japanese retailer is partnering with Cotton Incorporated’s Blue Jeans Go Green program to collect and recycle denim. Consumers can bring ...

Growing the cotton for a typical pair of jeans uses 2,500 liters of water, often in areas facing water shortages. And when the jeans wear out, they’ll probably end up in a landfill, like most clothing ...

This month, denim brand DL1961 will show how old clothes and scraps can be turned into a new pair of jeans at the Frieze in London on May 27th and May 28th. The New York-based brand is aiming to build ...

Reuse Jeans, an eco-friendly denim company with its flagship shop in Laguna Beach, started when owner George Powell’s son, Luke, asked him a good question. “We were taking bottles and cans to the ...

Looking for sustainable brands that recycle your old clothes? No worries and waste, these brands keep clothes out of the ...

Giving Materials Memory” enables denim to be authenticated, traced & reintroduced as a higher-value, verifiable input for reuse and recycling NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK / ACCESS Newswire / December 30, ...

In an effort to bring awareness to textile waste, the Minnesota Student Association is calling on the University of Minnesota community to donate its denim. The initiative, “Blue Jeans Go Green,” is ...

Heidi Clark believes there are no creative limitations when it comes to recycling old denim. Channeling a cool country-western aesthetic, Heidi created a set of coasters from the seams of her old ...

Jeans are one of those things that you just can’t—OK, don’t want to—live without. But it turns out, they’re total crap for the environment. It reportedly takes 2,000 gallons of water to manufacture ...