The environmental sustainability promoting NGO, Redress, has recently launched the R Cert recycled textile clothing standard, a verification standard that aims to educate consumers about the recycling process and the environmental savings ...
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Current levels of clothing and textile recycling has among the highest levels of impact on reducing greenhouse gasses according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. In its report entitled: Municipal Solid Waste Generation, Recycling ...
Current levels of clothing and textile recycling has among the highest levels of impact on reducing greenhouse gasses according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. In its report entitled: Municipal Solid Waste Generation, ...
Tags: Clothing, Textile, Greenhouse Gas
The Secondary Materials and Recycled Textiles (SMART) Association, Bel Air, Md., has developed a set of documents including a position paper and draft legislative language to help local governments establish procedures to manage clothing ...
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The Secondary Materials and Recycled Textiles Association (SMART), as part of its continuing effort to provide leadership in the clothing and textile recycling industry, is taking several positive steps which focus on the issues surrounding ...
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The Northeast Recycling Council (NERC), Brattleboro, Vt., will hold a symposium titled "Collecting Textiles: Make It Work for Your Community" on April 2 at the Nathan Hale Inn & Conference Center at the University of Connecticut in Storrs, ...
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The Secondary Materials and Recycled Textiles Association (SMART) set the industry standard for the clothing collection bin industry with the release of a draft legislation, a position paper on the issue, and a Code of Conduct for its ...
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Marian Watkins, the owner of MW Fiber Arts, loves the feeling of walking into a craft supply store and not knowing where to start. All of the color, texture and endless possibilities have been her favorite part of crafting supplies. ...
The Secondary Materials and Recycled Textiles Association (SMART) not only sets the industry standard with its Code of Conduct for the clothing collection bin industry, but the organization continues to call for all companies in the ...
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The Secondary Materials and Recycled Textiles Association (SMART) announces the release of "Wear It? Recycle It! " a newly created curricula of grade-appropriate educational materials which present information on clothing and other textiles ...
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