Overcoming Fashion’s Sustainability Challenge 

In The Wall Street Journal , BCG’s Catharina Martinez-Pardo expands on findings from a BCG report , highlighting that the recycling of textile waste remains one of the fashion industry’s biggest sustainability hurdles. “Most modern textiles are blends of natural and synthetic fibers—like cotton, polyester, and elastane,” she explains. “Yet most recycling technologies today, which are still primarily mechanical, can only process single-material fabrics.”