"The working environment is insufferable," Ramesh Chawdhary, a senior official in the Haryana labor department, told The ...
This isn't just pie-in-the-sky dreaming, either. The project, dubbed SAFER (improving access to sustainable energy in rural ...
A new study from Nepal is highlighting an alarming source of pollution in one of the country's most ecologically and culturally important rivers — and fast fashion isn't helping. The Kathmandu Post ...
Microplastics, plastics less than 5 millimeters in length, are becoming a growing concern due to their ubiquity and persistence in the environment and potential effects on ecological and human health.
Textiles, including clothing and household items such as towels, are piling up in landfills nationwide, with California alone generating more than one million tons of textile waste each year. But ...
New research shows darker textile colors, particularly purple and green, accelerate microplastic release from synthetic ...
The Oyo State government, through the Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources, in partnership with the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), has ...
Textile waste like cotton is barely recycled in China, where fast fashion reigns Only about 20% of China's textiles are recycled, according to the Chinese government—and almost all of that is cotton.