New York-based nonprofit Fabscrap collects, organizes and repurposes textile scraps from the city’s design offices, to divert as much unused material as possible from being landfilled or ...

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This video provides a beginner-friendly sewing tutorial on how to make reusable shopping bags using scrap fabric. It focuses ...

The fashion and apparel supply chain is among the top emitters of greenhouse gases globally, according to a report by the World Economic Forum. In 2018, 11.3 million tons of textile waste ended up in ...

Over time, Kapdaa has found ways to become even more efficient in its use of offcuts. Initially they required a piece of fabric 27xm x 37cm to make an A5 notebook, but that number is now 24cm x ...

The SCRAP began allowing textile recycling this week, with hopes of curbing the effects of unwanted material in the landfill and lowering CO2 emissions.

A scrap of weathered fabric, discovered four decades ago in a peat bog, is the world’s oldest piece of tartan, with new analysis determining it dates to the 16th century. The textile was found ...

Large fabric remnants are often given to fashion students, artists and craftspeople, whereas smaller scraps are shredded and then used for mattress stuffing, insulation and carpet padding.