In recent months, in response to increased consumer interest, federal and state government officials have taken action to propose and adopt laws and regulations directed at promoting consumer transparency and encouraging...more
In California, "they don't throw their garbage away, they turn it into television shows." So said Woody Allen in "Annie Hall." But when Governor Gavin Newsom signed Senate Bill 707 into law last September, the Golden State...more
Stephanie Benedetto traces her entrepreneurial DNA to her great-grandfather, Pappy, who immigrated to the Lower East Side of Manhattan (the original garment district) from Austria in 1986. Pappy collected odds and ends of...more
Working toward a more circular economy will continue to be at the forefront in 2025. More and more, states are requiring producers to manage the end-of-life of an increasing number of consumer items, from packaging materials,...more
On September 22, 2024, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed SB 707 into law, known as the Responsible Textile Recovery Act of 2024 (“the Act”). This new legislation requires companies that produce clothing and textiles...more
Project W alumna Sarika Bajaj and her co-founder Tushita Gupta are solving a 186 billion-pound problem. That's 186 billion pounds of textiles that are discarded each year, while less than 1% of that waste is recycled. With...more
The fashion industry has been dodging a colossal optics problem, but the aftermath of holiday shopping may finally expose prominent fashion houses for their part in contributing to environmental degradation. The metrics of...more
As Part of the European Union’s (EU) Green Deal, the European Commission (Commission) announced the adoption of its updated Circular Economy Action Plan (Action Plan) on March 11, 2020. Going well beyond existing EU...more