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How H&M’s Recycling Machines Make New Clothes From Used Apparel | World Wide Waste

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What it is

A Business Insider World Wide Waste episode on H&M's garment recycling machines, which turn used clothing into new apparel. It asks whether a fast fashion company can solve the waste problem it helped create.

Why Hacker News recommends it

Cited in threads on textile waste and clothing supply chains as an example of an industrial recycling attempt, with some skepticism about how far it progressed.

  • 1 people recommended it
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What HN commenters said

  1. “Watched an interesting video of how H&M are dealing with textile waste”

    How H&M deals with textile waste.

    iszomer, 2022-01 · Recommendation · in “Many clothing donations end up in African landfills”

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Topics: h&m, fast fashion, clothing recycling, sustainability, textile waste

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