Americans send 10.5 million tons of clothing to landfills every year. Can for-profit recycling companies turn those rags into riches?

Giants in technology and consumer products are funneling more cash into a small tech startup that's developing tiny bluetooth stickers that can transform everyday items — like clothing, wallets ...

PORTSMOUTH — City residents may apply for and receive 2010 stickers to use at the recycling center behind the Department of Public Works facility at 680 Peverly Hill Road by filling out an ...

The Council for Textile Recycling says that the United States generates an average of 25 billion pounds of textiles a year in the form of clothing, shoes, accessories and more, which comes out to ...

Why is recycling clothes difficult? Recycling clothing isn’t like recycling paper, glass or metal. Clothes are endlessly variable and unpredictable. So they’re not ideal for recycling ...

Textiles are recyclable. Here's some important info on how to recycle your old clothes, sheets, towels, and more—plus, smart and eco-friendly ways to repurpose them.

Shawn Brown, North Hempstead Town's deputy commissioner of public safety, places yellow stickers on clothing bins to show that they violate town code on Friday, Dec. 18, 2015, in Port Washington.

Two Rivers residents will need three stickers for 90 gallons of trash. That comes to $7.50 per week or $390 per year. Pozorski Hauling customers will pay $198 per year or approximately $3.81 per week.