Vintage fashion from recycled cotton

Everyone has heard about the plastic waste ruining our planet by now. But who knows about the 13.1 million tons of textile waste (worth roughly USD 350 billion) the United States alone produce every year? And who knows that 11 million of that textile waste goes almost directly to landfills? What’s more, it takes about 700 gallons of water (that’s 2650 liters) to make one T-shirt. It’s fair to say there is a relatively sizeable problem here, a problem that social entrepreneurs around the world are trying to solve through clothing recycling technologies.     READ MORE