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"What really happens to clothes in the circular economy?"
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What really happens to clothes in the circular economy?
Nearly a truckload of textile waste is generated in the EU every second, and only 1% of this waste currently gets recycled back into new clothing, with the rest either ending up in landfill within Europe, or exported to markets in Africa and Asia. Here, edie examines what actually happens…

"Fashion’s circular future? How Vinted sales reached almost €11bn in 2025"
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Fashion’s circular future? How Vinted sales reached almost €11bn in 2025
Despite the impressive growth of resale platforms like Vinted, the fashion industry continues to face systemic issues that are slowing progress in the adoption circular models - from product design to customer behaviour.

"Campus Clothing Swap Helps Keep Waste Out of Landfills"
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Campus Clothing Swap Helps Keep Waste Out of Landfills | Happy Eco News
A campus clothing swap at Georgia State University is helping reduce textile waste by allowing students to exchange clothes rather than discard them.

"Your donated clothes might end up here"
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Your donated clothes might end up here
Millions of garments flood a Ghana market – and much of it becomes waste.

"Your 'recycled polyester' leggings are not as sustainable as you think"
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Your 'recycled polyester' leggings are not as sustainable as you think
Recycled polyester activewear and swimwear are now everywhere. Major global brands sell leggings, swimsuits and puffer jackets with labels that claim they're "made from recycled plastic bottles." Millions of people buy these products believing they're making a more sustainable choice.

"Sweden’s secondhand clothing swaps offer a trendy way to cut environmental waste"
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Sweden's secondhand clothing swaps offer a trendy way to cut environmental waste
STOCKHOLM (AP) — Alva Palosaari Sundman scoured the racks of secondhand clothes in Stockholm for hours in search of the right pair of preowned jeans. The 24-year-old art student was among hundreds of people attending an annual clothing swap on Sunday at a community center in Sweden’s capital. They exchanged their own clothes to “shop” for others. […]

"Fashion brands join forces to aggregate demand for textile-to-textile recycling"
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Fashion brands join forces to aggregate demand for textile-to-textile recycling
H&M Group is among the dozens of brands that were involved in shaping a new collaborative fashion industry initiative intended to scale the uptake of textile-to-textile recycled materials.

"New research aims to reduce microfiber pollution released from cruise and hotel laundry"
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New research aims to reduce microfiber pollution released from cruise and hotel laundry
Microfiber pollution from large-scale laundry operations is emerging as a significant and largely unseen environmental issue. New research led by the University of Portsmouth is using Cleaner Seas Group's industrial filtration technology—already deployed in commercial settings to better understand the scale of the problem and how it can be prevented before it reaches our waterways.

"H&M sets science-based nature targets to address supply chain impact"
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"EU ban on the destruction of unsold clothes marks a turning point for fashion waste"
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EU ban on the destruction of unsold clothes marks a turning point for fashion waste | Happy Eco News
The EU ban on the destruction of unsold clothes takes effect in July 2026, stopping brands from incinerating surplus stock and requiring them to donate, resell, or reuse it instead.