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2024

• 10/23/2024 - Open Letter to Jon Woodward and W5: Clarifying Textile Recycling

• 10/1/2024 - Groundbreaking Responsible Textile Recovery Act of 2024 Signed by California Governor

• 9/30/2024 - SMART Urgently Requests President Biden’s Administration to Prioritize Open Dialogue and Negotiation Among All Stakeholders to Prevent a Port Closure

• 9/10/2024 - SMART Provides Input on the Environment and Climate Change Canada's (ECCC) consultation document addressing plastic waste and pollution from the textile sector

• 5/31/2024 - SMART President Brian London's Letter to the Editor is published in the Washington Post

• 4/25/2024 - SMART’s director of government affairs, Jessica Franken, interview with World Textile Information Network (WTiN) as to why SMART supports the Americas Act

• 4/24/2024 - SMART Applauds the Manhattan Solid Waste Advisory Board (SWAB) for Holding Stakeholder Meeting on New York Fashion Act and Textiles EPR Bill

• 4/10/2024 - SMART Participates in the Carolina Recycling Association's 34th Annual Conference & Trade Show

• 3/26/2024 - SMART Association Strongly Supports the ‘Americas Act,' Providing $14 Billion in Federal Incentives for Circular Fashion

• 3/20/2024 - SMART Elects New Officers and Directors

• 2/9/2024 - Safeguarding Global Maritime Security: A Call to Action from SMART

• 2/8/2024 - Joint Global Trade Association Open Letter Urging Maritime Security and Safety

2023

• 4/8/2023 - The Secondary Materials and Recycled Textiles Association (SMART): Celebrate Earth Day By Recycling Unwanted Textiles

• 3/22/2023 - Textile Recycling Industry Leaders From Around The Globe Join Forces To Promote High Standards And Expand TheReuse And Recycling Of Clothing

• 1/31/23 - The Secondary Materials and Recycled Textile Association (SMART) strongly supports Maryland House Bill 187 and Senate Bill 219 proposing sales tax exemption for secondhand clothing and shoes under $20.

2022

• 6/21/22 - Fast fashion increases in popularity for cheap wears, but comes with unexpected costs | Spectrum News

• 6/10/22 - Chinese fashion giant to donate millions of dollars to recycling | West Observer

• 5/31/2022 - The Secondary Materials and Recycled Textiles (SMART) Association announces new leadership as Jackie King retires and Susan DeCourcey takes over as Executive Director

• 5/9/2022 - Your Clothes Can Have an Afterlife — NIST report identifies strategies for greater reuse and recycling of textiles

• 5/3/2022 - Textiles outlook: Ukraine war hits quality market

• 5/1/2022 - Kenya’s mitumba dealers push for setting up of re-export facilities

• 4/15/2022 - On Earth Day 2022, SMART promotes its educational resources so the next generation can understand the importance of textile recycling.

2021

• 8/10/21 - SMART sends joint statement with TRA, EuRIC and BIR Textiles Division response to recent press around the textile reuse and recycling industry in Africa.

• 6/29/21 - SMART encourages households to donate textiles, secondary materials

• 4/8/21 - The Secondary Materials And Recycled Textiles Association (SMART): Celebrate Earth Day By Recycling Unwanted Textiles

• 3/16/21- Helpsy’s clothing donation bins save the environment, taxpayer money

• 2/3/21- Gold In Your Closet: The Startup Helping Patagonia And Levi’s Cash In On The Resale Boom

• 1/21/21- What Rejoining the Paris Agreement Signals to Fashion

• 1/20/21 - Walmart Foundation injects $1.2m into Accelerating Circularity 

2020

• 12/16/20- Coronavirus FAQ: Should I Wash My Kid's Clothes Every Day After School?

• 12/8/20- Houston dressed for success as used clothing captiol of the world

• 11/9/20 - Renewcell & Beyond Retro join hands for textile recycling 

• 9/30/20- Clothes Mountains Bulid Up as Recycling Breaks Down

• 8/14/20- Kenya Lifts Ban on Used Clothing Imports

• 7/29/20- Textile Recycling Groups Urge Kenyan Officials to Quickly Finalize Secondhand Clothing Importation Guidelines

• 7/6/20- Used Clothing Ban May Crimp Kenyan Style

• 6/30/20- White Paper: Textile Recovery in the US

• 6/18/20- Where Do All the Clothes Go? 

• 4/28/20- SMART Responds to Kenya's Used Clothing & Shoe Ban

• 4/20/20- SMART Promotes Sharing of Textile Education from a Digital Distance 

• 4/8/20- SMART releases statement on Used Clothing Ban

• 3/11/20- Celebrate Textile Recycling This Global Recycling Day

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