ACT in the News
2025 Media Coverage.
How Brands and Advocates are Rethinking Textile Waste in the trump Era
1/27 Modern Retail
Resell, Recycle, Remake: Fighting the Flood of Ultra-fast Fashion
1/28 NPR Here & Now
Fire-Stricken LA Is Swamped With Clothing Donations — Not All of Them Wanted
1/15 Business of Fashion
Los Angeles donation centers are overwhelmed with used clothing
1/15 Fashionista
2024 Media Coverage.
European Parliament ‘Patches Up Loopholes’ in EU Textile EPR Proposal
2/21 Sourcing Journal
The trendy second-hand clothing market is huge and still growing – yet nobody is turning a profit
3/4 BBC
US bill includes $14bn for textile circularity
3/6 Ecotextile News
A new US bill incentivizes circular fashion in a bid to compete with China
3/6 Vogue Business
Congress’ Americas Act Earmarks $14 Billion for Circular Fashion
3/6 Sourcing Journal
A New US Trade Bill Aims to Incentivise Fashion Nearshoring, Circularity
3/6 Business of Fashion
Tracking the future of US recycling policy in Congress
3/7 Waste Dive
Americas Act aims to cut China out of US textile, apparel sourcing picture
3/7 Just Style
US introduces new bill to counter Chinese production and encourage local supply
3/8 Fashion United
California becomes first state to implement mandatory clothing recycling program
12/27 CBS News
The U.S. Just Released the First Federal Report on the Negative Impact of Fast Fashion
12/12 Sourcing Journal
America Recycles Day Isn't All About Bottles and Cans
11/14 Sourcing Journal
What Will a Second Trump Term Mean for Fashion’s Sustainability Ambitions?
11/11 Sourcing Journal
Fashion experts reveal signs your clothes won't last
10/7 Daily Mail
California Passes First US Clothing Recycling Law
10/7 Eco Waste Coalition
California takes on fast fashion with new textile recycling law
10/2 Yahoo Finance
Sustainable Fashion News for October
10/2 Good on You
Responsible Textile Recovery Act Passes in California
10/1 Fashion United
The sneaky second-hand tax that cheats shoppers out of vital savings
9/28 Daily Mail
Industry Players Continue Multi-Pronged Effort to Reduce Fashion’s Impacts
9/23 Sustainable Brands
Fashion Briefing: Resellers push against double taxation on secondhand goods
9/13 Glossy
Ethical and Inclusive are In Style at NYFW
9/12 Impact Alpha
California Wants Fashion Brands to Pay for Waste
9/6 Business of Fashion
Consumers Still Love E-Commerce – Here’s How the US Can Compete
9/4 Sourcing Journal
California Textile Waste Bill Signed Into Law
10/1 Ecotextiles News
ACT Urges Lawmakers to ditch secondhand's 'double-dipping' tax policy
8/27 Sourcing Journal
ThredUp, Vestiaire Collective join petition to end taxation on secondhand apparel
8/26 Fashion Dive
US' ACT Launches Petition to End Double Taxation on Secondhand
8/26 Fashion2Fibre
Secondhand Clothes Are Taxed Twice, These Fashion Brands Want to Stop It
8/23 Teen Vogue
Slow Fashion Caucus urges Biden to include industry reps in Climate and Trade Task Force
8/17 Apparel Resources
Pingree urges Biden to give the fashion industry a voice in climate policy discussions
8/15 Maine Moring Star
Much Ado About No Waste: The Americas Act and U.S. Circularity Legislation
8/5 Following the Footprints
ACT voices support for ‘transformational’ Americas Trade Act
7/29 Just Style
California Responsible Textile Recovery Act Advances
7/3 Sourcing Journal
Bipartisan bill aims to spur a $14 billion domestic circular economy
6/7 GreenBiz
Sustainable Fashion Forum Lays Out Challenges Ahead
5/6 Sourcing Journal
China is rapidly expanding its influence in our backyard and US must act now
4/27 Fox News
American Dry Cleaner | ABC Joins Efforts to Spearhead Circular Fashion Movement
4/24 American Dry Cleaner
Fast Company | 3 policy changes that need to happen to make fashion more sustainable
4/18 Fast Company
CASSIDY DELIVERS REMARKS ON HIS AMERICAS ACT, HIGHLIGHTS LOUISIANA INVESTMENT
4/10 Cassidy Press Release
2023 Media Coverage.
9/8 Bollyside
Leaders in the US fashion industry come together to propose ethical and sustainable policy solutions
9/7 WWD
‘Fabric Act,’ ‘Fashion Act,’ Reintroduced at NYFW
8/7 Waste 360
American Circular Textiles Coalition Advocates for Textiles In EPR Law
8/6 The Hill
Congress can’t be slow to address fast fashion
8/4 EcoTextile News
Coalition urges action on US textile waste
8/3 Waste Today
Group calls for EPA to include textiles in efforts to address plastic waste
8/3 Recycling Prod. News
American Circular Textiles wants textile waste added to EPA’s plastic pollution strategy
8/3 Recycling Today
Group calls for EPA to include textiles in efforts to address plastic waste
8/3 Multichannel Merch.
Coalition Asks EPA to Add Textiles to Plastic Reduction Plan
7/28 Vogue Business
Mounting lawsuits and legislation threaten Shein’s US takeover plan
7/27 Vogue Business
Where fashion is leading on US environmental policy — and where it’s falling behind
7/14 Sourcing Journal
Who Should Be Responsible for Ending Textile Waste?
7/14 Just Style
California bill delay means apparel sector can ‘craft US’ first textile EPR’ initiative
7/10 Politico Pro
Newman converts textile recycling measure to 2-year bill
7/7 Apparel Resources
US apparel sector calls for two-year Extended Producer Responsibility bill
7/6 Politico Pro
California textile recycling bill gets amendments ahead of key hearing
7/6 Ecotextile News
Coalition calls for more time on EPR bill
7/6 Just Style
US apparel sector calls for two-year Extended Producer Responsibility bill
5/30 Fortune
A slew of countries are asking fashion companies to pay for recycling programs as clothing waste becomes overwhelming
5/26 Sourcing Journal
"Talking Trash" Recycling Roundtable Suggests FTC Suffers From Textiles Blind Spot
5/25 Bloomberg
Regulators Want Fashion Brands to Pay for Their Textile Waste
5/24 Apparel Resources
Textile recycling, reuse missing from FTC’s Green Guides, group says
5/23 Waste Adv. Magazine
American Circular Textiles Group, Politically in Fashion and UpWest Urges FTC to Focus on Textile Reuse and Recycling in Green Guidelines Review
5/23 Retail Dive
Textile recycling, reuse missing from FTC’s Green Guides, group says
5/22 Vogue Business
Call for anti-greenwashing guides to include textile reuse and recycling
5/1 Multichannel Merch.
Circularity and Recommerce: ACT Paving the Way
4/21 Bollyside
US Legislation Urged to Address ‘Gaps’ in Circular Fashion Industry
4/21 Apparel Resources
Calls for US legislation to fill ‘gaps’ in circular fashion
4/21 Just Style
Calls for US legislation to fill ‘gaps’ in circular fashion
4/20 TexFashion
Terms and Definitions for Circular Fashion Need to be Standarised, says American Circular Textiles Group
4/20 Sourcing Journal
Coalition Including H&M Champions Circular Fashion as ‘Economic Empowerment’
4/20 Scrap Monster
Amerian Circular Textiles Group Calls for New Policies to Address Waste in the Fashion Industry
4/20 EcoTextile News
Report calls for new textile waste policies
4/19 WasteAdvantage
American Circular Textiles Group Calls for New Policies to Address Waste in the Fashion Industry
4/19 WWD
Inside Zara, Lululemon Drops for Earth Month, Circular Fashion Policy News: Short Takes
10/6 Just Style
US government urged to embrace textile circularity in procurement strategy
9/15 Apparel Resources
Global thrust on ‘proper’ management of textile waste
9/11 Vogue Business
The Vogue Business 100 Innovators: Sustainability thought leaders
9/8 Sourcing Journal
California’s Fight Against Garment Worker Wage Theft is Headed Nationwide
8/8 Apparel Resources
Coalition urges action on US textile waste
8/7 Just Style
H&M, thredUP coalition pressure US environment agency to combat textile waste
9/11 Ecotextile News
Briefing sheds light on critical sustainable fashion issues
9/11 Apparel Resources
US fashion industry leaders convene to propose ethical, sustainable policy solutions
10/6 Sourcing Journal
US Fashion Policy: ‘Move Fast and Break Things’
10/6 Sourcing Journal
American Circular Textiles Coalition Urges Biden Administration to Prioritize Sustainable Products, Services
10/10 Portugal Textil
ACT calls for circular textiles in the US
10/9 Apparel Resources
ACT urges Biden Administration to include textiles in sustainable procurement rule
10/11 Common Share
American Circular Textiles Urges Biden to Procure Sustainable Textile Practices