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FABSCRAP: A Hands-On Approach to Textile Recycling
Nestled in the Brooklyn Navy Yard, FABSCRAP is redefining our approach to textile waste. FABSCRAP is a nonprofit based in a repurposed industrial space that is dedicated to eliminating commercial textile rubbish and unlocking the full potential of unused fabric.
Piece Work
29 Jan 2025
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How the fashion industry is grappling with "deadstock"
Fashion designers are showcasing their upcoming collections at New York Fashion Week. But beyond the runway, there's a growing awareness of "deadstock," which are unsold items and the materials used to create them. Here's the impact the that deadstock is having on the fashion industry.
CBS News
14 Sep 2024
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Where And Why Fabric Waste Originates
The focus in reducing fashion’s outsize environmental footprint is primarily downstream, but an alarming amount of fabric is also discarded during the design and development process. How can fashion rethink what constitutes waste?
The Interline
30 Oct 2023
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A Brief But Spectacular take on textile waste and fashion sustainability
Camille Tagle is the co-founder and creative director of FABSCRAP, which is a textile recycling nonprofit. Textiles generate 21 billion pounds of waste that goes into landfills every year, and FABSCRAP works to divert that waste either by downcycling or giving the fabric new life.
PBS News
14 Jun 2023
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Rescuing Textile Waste from Landfills
FABSCRAP, a NYC-based nonprofit, recycles fabric scraps from the fashion, interior design, and entertainment industries, and creates opportunities for reuse.
Musings Magazine
14 Feb 2022
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We Need the “Whole-of-Government” Climate Fight That Biden Promised
Having had almost thirty-five years to come to terms with climate change, I’m used to the contours of our dilemma.
The New Yorker
14 July 2021
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Fashion Industry Support Allows FABSCRAP To Expand Its Reach
The fashion industry contributes 10% of global carbon emissions—far more than air travel. Part of this is straight up waste—fabric tossed before or after sale that ends up in landfills.
Forbes
25 Oct 2021
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Recycling Fashion’s Cast-Offs
Meet the former New York City Sanitation Department employee who found a way to salvage the fashion industry's textile scraps.
The Story Exchange
13 Oct 2021
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Can selling deadstock solve fashion’s waste problem? It’s complicated
A new platform will make it easier for designers to buy unused fabric. But turning deadstock into a business could exacerbate overproduction issues.
Vogue Business
10 Sep 2020
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Did Zero Waste Daniel Predict The Death Of Fashion As We Know It?
Like many aspiring fashion designers, Daniel Silverstein found inspiration for what would become his life’s work in the classroom. During his senior year at FIT, Silverstein was asked to design a pair of sustainable jeans.
Refinery 29
15 July 2020
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Can textile recycling be the next ‘zero waste’ frontier?
Clothes comprise a notable chunk of the waste stream, and can have valuable second lives, but market dynamics are complex. Pandemic disruptions haven’t helped.
Waste Dive
16 Jun 2020
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I Spent a Summer Friday Volunteering at Fabscrap
Life inside the Brooklyn Army Terminal is quiet. WWII-era train tracks sit dormant, covered in uncut grass and moss. A glass ceiling muffles noise from the outside.
Vogue
21 Aug 2019
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