Textile waste

Projects — Femke van Gemert I Waste Textiles Artist

There is a growing trend within the sustainability community towards upcycling, by taking waste materials and giving them purpose by turning them into something more usable. In order to prevent more waste & pollution from being created, upcycling materials is one of the best (and craftiest)

Are our donated clothes really being recycled? Landfills receive millions of tons of textile waste each year because there isn’t enough demand for donated clothing. So how can we reuse and repurpose our old fabrics?

Discover the environmental benefits of buying second-hand clothing! Click here to learn how shopping second-hand saves the planet.

Liz Ricketts is a fashion designer, educator and founder of The Or Foundation . Her work looks at overconsumption and overproduction within the fashion industry, and attempts to engage people in alternatives. In 2011, with her partner Branson Skinner, she founded The Or Foundation, which aims to li

Saving the earth one reused item at a time. Together, we can make a fashion statement by making an environmental one, too.

The Acoustic Felt is a sound absorber made from 100% traceable, upcycled textile waste brought to market by award-winning design studio Form Us With Love and their venture BAUX.