Source: Waste360, 4/6/26
"Textile waste continues to be one of the most pressing sustainability challenges in our industry, but new collaborations are constantly emerging to combat the issue and make responsible disposal easier for consumers. As we enter Earth Month, WM, UNIQLO, and Piece of Cake Moving & Storage are expanding the UNTrash It Program beyond New York City into Los Angeles and Dallas. This move will build on a pilot program that has diverted more than 7,000 pounds of clothing from landfills and into reuse and recycling streams. To get more insight into this expansion and initiative, Waste360 caught up with Tom Carpenter, senior director of circulatory solutions at WM, and Jean Shein, global director of sustainability at UNIQLO. The two share how the partnership is working to scale textile recovery efforts and reshape how consumers think about clothing disposal."