The mixed rags industry is based around a full circle economy focused on true recycling. The goal is to repurpose materials for reuse to reduce the amount of waste that our species is generating. A new survey found that the average American will toss over 81 pounds of clothing this year alone. That amounts […]
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Building a personal fashion collection by using items from an earlier era or owner is a practice that is increasingly becoming in vogue given the challenges of wasteful fashions and the overflow of landfills. Many studies show that millennials are now turning to the process of thrifting – which was at a time a
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Statistics indicate that one of the least likely recycled materials among consumers is textiles. According to CBC, consumers channel much of their attention and efforts where recycling is concerned with materials such as newspapers, plastic containers, glass, plastic, and cardboard. In Ontario alone, as of 2016, only 15 percent of discarded textiles were being
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While textile consumption continues to be at a noted high, consumers are growing all the more interested in alternative textile markets that show an ethical interest in the environment and responsible attitude towards spending. Experts argue that this impulse for “textile ethics” has grown – in part – out of the rise of “fast
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While thrifting used to be a less than desirable activity, building your clothing collection from used items is now considerably popular for many millennials. Aside from saving consumers a significant amount of money, studies show that it also enables clothing aficionados to keep up with constantly changing trends (by, in part, harkening back to
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From the Mixed Rag to the Recycled Bag The circular economy is brought to life when mixed rags from America are sent to our re-manufacturing facility in India, where they are transformed into unique, one-of-a kind bags. During this process, we support local communities and charities in the USA, we help the environment by
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In a recent podcast episode of What Makes Us Human, Tasha Lewis (Cornell University assistant professor in the Department of Fiber Science & Apparel Design in the College of Human Ecology) argued that the fashion industry has a huge and detrimental impact on the environment, and not only in the production and manufacturing phases.
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In recent years, media outlets have reported that clothing has an enormous and even toxic environmental footprint. This is particularly true as consumers unnecessarily send their items to landfill rather than finding new ways to recycle materials they may no longer deem necessary. For example, statistically we know that the average shirt in the
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While many credential clothing owners certainly know the contours of the new journey they intend to take their item on, they may not necessarily know of the journey it took to get their item in their hands. Credential clothing, also known as “original clothing,” refers to items or materials that are considered unwanted
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The Impact of Human Resources in Salvage Recycling One of the key factors for success in the salvage recycling industry is mastering the process of packaging the used goods and ensuring that all salvage categories are being packaged to sell. There are many benefits to loading the maximum weight on a trailer or container,
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