Circular Economy

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Models wearing a mix of new and pre-owned luxury fashion items in a chic boutique setting, highlighting the Zalando and Vestiaire Collective partnership.

Vestiaire Collective and Zalando Launch Fashion Resale Partnership

Zalando, Europe's largest online fashion retailer, just made a bold move: opening its digital doors to over 50 luxury brands' pre-owned items.

Sofia Rios·May 28, 2026

Stylish denim jeans made from recycled cotton waste and sugarcane-based elastane, showcasing sustainable fashion innovation.

Sustainable Stitch

Riachuelo Launches Sustainable Denim With Recycled Cotton Waste

Over 10,000 pieces of denim, including jeans and jackets, have just hit the market in Brazil, made from an unexpected blend of recycled cotton waste and sugarcane-based elastane.

Fatima Al-Jamil·May 26, 2026

Futuristic bio-recycling facility processing mixed fabric waste into sustainable polyester fibers and glucose.

Innovation Lab

Bio-engineered fabrics: Why they matter for textile sustainability

A novel bio-recycling method recovers both polyester (PET) fibers and glucose from common 50/50 cotton/PET blend fabric waste, offering a radical solution to textile pollution, according to Academia .

Anjali Sharma·May 19, 2026

Claras Materials' new US operations facility, showcasing advanced textile recycling technology processing sorted post-consumer waste into clean fibers.

Claras Materials Launches US Operations to Solve Textile Recycling Supply Shortages

Even as advanced machines can now turn old clothes into new fibers, the global textile recycling industry has been starved of its most basic ingredient: a consistent, clean supply of post-consumer was

Anjali Sharma·May 12, 2026