Launched a year ago, Homeboy Threads sorts old clothes, saving them from the landfill by marking them for resale or recycling.
Homeboy Industries is not only finding ways to provide new lives for those who were incarcerated or formerly in gangs. It's also giving second chances to old clothing, using new technology to keep textile waste out of landfills.specializes in sorting through old clothing, often torn or damaged, and figuring out which items can be resold, recycled into new clothing or converted into some other product.
Zwicke says if the item isn't suitable to be turned into a new piece of clothing, sometimes it can sent to a downcycler who will process it into insulation or filling for some other product. That's where a high-tech machine from Tomra Textiles comes in. The company's Louisa Hayes explains that sensors can identify the type of material using a combination of near-infrared and visible light spectroscopy.
If the clothing is eligible for recycling, the machine uses compressed air to shoot the garment over a partition and sort it in the correct container.
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