American Apparel is attracting attention (as usual) for selling its Bag-O-Scraps to consumers, but a new company called Looptworks is actually taking excess textile waste and turning it into limited ...

Scott Hamlin may have missed his shot at the Olympics, but he won a gold medal for first job after college. He explains how that gig taught him valuable lessons for his own company. Scott Hamlin may ...

Scott Hamlin can rattle off environmental data with a professor's familiarity. It takes at least 400 gallons of water to make a T-shirt. Textile waste makes up at least 5 percent of U.S. landfills. As ...

Looptworks' "Shaxi" iPad cover retails for $80 and folds into a stand. Click on the image to see other leather iPad covers from Looptworks. Looptworks, which has built a business around rescuing ...

Think about it: when Nike or Banana Republic or Columbia order a hundred thousand pairs of pants to be made, there’s going to be some fabric left over. Usually, it’s not enough to fill a full order ...

Before you buy another Christmas gift, think about where it came from and where it’s headed. That is, how was it produced and how will it be disposed of? Looptworks, a Portland-based company, thinks ...

It isn’t quite making a silk purse out of a sow’s ear -- but it’s close. Portland, Ore.-based upcycler Looptworks has managed to turn some of the leather that used to cover the seats on Southwest ...

Have you ever wondered what becomes of official NBA jerseys when a player gets traded or decides to “take their talents” elsewhere? Sure, some fans keep them as nostalgic keepsakes, while others might ...

It’s not hard to find a neoprene laptop sleeve, but few are made from the discarded remnants of an actual wetsuit factory like LooptWorks’ cases (starting at $30). Authentic shark bites and pee stains ...