Old clothes can be tricky to recycle. If the clothes are stained or have holes in them, you can't donate them to a thrift store or charity, and it feels wasteful to throw out otherwise useful cloth.

EU-funded research is helping to turn old clothes into new, quality products, aiming to reduce textile waste and make recycled textiles the norm.By Ali JonesIn a factory in Waregem, north-west Belgium ...

In an effort to make textiles more sustainable, a new method allows researchers to break old clothing down chemically and reuse polyester compounds to create fire resistant, anti-bacterial or ...