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 ...

When you wear the newest pair of Levi’s, you’ll also be wearing someone’s old Levis: they’re partially made from old, recycled jeans. They’re also fully circular: When they eventually wear out, they ...

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 ...

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 ...

If you buy this new blue dress from H&M once it hits stores in March, it might be made in part from a pair of jeans that you recycled last year. The retailer is the first to use a new material called ...

Generally when I blow through a pair of denim, I just toss it out and never think of it again. But apparently, that pair of old, shredded jeans can be ground down to a pulp and reconstituted into a ...

Homeboy Electronics Recycling workers dismantle equipment in the company's facility in Commerce. Guess Inc.’s partnership with a local nonprofit is providing a second life for used clothing and ...

H&M, the world’s second-biggest fashion retailer, is launching a new effort to promote recycling as it seeks to cut its environmental impact, boost its ethical credentials and address looming ...

Prospective Engineering students will find the school has got the blues. In a few weeks, the school's admission brochure will go to press. But this is no ordinary pamphlet – it will be made out of ...

Since Levi's was founded in the mid-1800s, it's been an innovative brand — and it's tried to keep things cutting-edge since. In the past year, for example, the brand used customer feedback to improve ...