H&M

An award offering a $1.16 million reward for innovative ideas and new techniques to reuse old clothes and improve textile recycling. Winners will also participate in an innovation bootcamp.

A denim collection made from 20% recycled cotton sourced from collected textiles and 80% organic cotton. It is available for men, women, and children.

An initiative where customers can bring unwanted clothing to H&M stores and receive $8 vouchers. Collected items are selected for shredding or reselling.

H&M's first denim collection made from 20% recycled cotton and 80% organic cotton, available for men, women, and children.

Green spaces on building rooftops permitted as an alternative to solar or wind systems under NYC's Green Roofs act to support local food production and biodiversity.

An innovative chemical recycling technology designed to separate and extract cotton and other materials from old clothes. Once extracted, the recycled material can be re-spun into new yarn for new garments.

Worn Again's patented process that separates, decontaminates, and extracts polyester polymers and cellulose from cotton in non-reusable textiles and plastic packaging.

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Sweden

An environmental plan announced by NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio on Earth Day to reduce the city's waste output by 90% by 2030 through recycling system overhaul, waste-reduction incentives, plastic bag reduction, and expanded organic waste collection.

Worn Again Technologies is scaling up and validating its patented chemical recycling technology to bring it to market. The technology separates, decontaminates, and extracts polyester polymers and cellulose from non-reusable textiles and plastic packaging.

An initiative where customers can bring unwanted clothing to H&M stores and receive $8 vouchers. Collected items are selected for shredding or reselling.

A patented chemical recycling technology that can separate, decontaminate, and extract polyester polymers and cellulose from cotton in non-reusable textiles and plastic packaging, producing materials comparable in quality to virgin resources.

H&M's first denim collection made from 20% recycled cotton and 80% organic cotton, available for men, women, and children.