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THE ONE THING YOU SHOULD LOOK FOR ON CLOTHING LABELS WHEN YOU GO SHOPPING



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Waste fabric recycling is the process by which old clothing and other textiles
are recovered for reuse mainly for making threads. (Sukhomoy Sen/Pacific
Press/Shutterstock)
By Anna Kramer
August 13, 2024 at 6:30 a.m. EDT

When Meghan Kelly goes clothes shopping, she scans labels for a key number:
100%.

She picks garments made of 100% cotton, 100% wool, and occasionally 100%
polyester, avoiding fabrics that blend natural and synthetic materials together
whenever possible.


10 steps you can take to lower your carbon footprint


“I am a fabric purist,” said Kelly, a professor of textile design at Thomas
Jefferson University.


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