Noteworthy Businesses
Fabric Upcycling/Recycling
TerraCycle
Makes textile recycling easy by sending a shipping box to fill up and ship back. They recycled the fabric or use it for things like insulation and stuffing.
Blue Jeans Go Green
Old jeans getting new life as fabric insulation. Many stores like American Eagle, Madewell, and Levis have drop off bins as well as Zappos provides shipping labels to send in your jeans for free.
FabScrap
Solving the waste problem of the NYC fashion district. Collecting scraps and selling them to local designers or recycling them as needed.
Queen Of Raw
An online fabric recourse for dead stock fabric, including sustainable fabrics.
Material Return
Creating a circular economy to develop the highest concentration of green manufacturers and 360° products in the U.S.
Yarn Creation Out of Fabric Waste
Recover
Develop and manufacture low impact high-value up-cycled yarns for all types of fashion, accessory and home textile products
Ambercycle
Converts end-of-life textile ‘waste’ into new polyester yarns for apparel brands and manufacturers
Evernu
A textile innovations company creating a circular ecosystem.
Research/ Information
Fashion Revolution
A global fashion industry that conserves and restores the environment and values people over growth and profit.
Ellen MacArthur Foundation
Leading the "make fashion circular movement" they provide research and help brands, cities and governments reduce waste.
Re/Make
Nonprofit organization making fashion a force for good.
Fashion For Good
Global innovation platform + the world’s first museum for sustainable fashion innovation
Manufacturing/ Other
Known Supply
A B Corporation committed to sustainable and ethical manufacturing.
Helpsy
A for-profit B Corp with an environmental mission to radically change the way people think about clothing recycling. Helpful to brands who want to responsible get rid of overstock.