in tuscany around the city of prato, many textile companies create new from old - with prato quickly becoming the 'paris' of sustainable fashion. this used clothing bin could be in almost any european city - but no matter where it's located, chances are the clothing will end up in prato, italy - the world's textile recycling capital. around 150 of the 7 thousand textile companies here are involved in recycling. used clothes from germany, austria and switzerland end up at salvatore rangino's warehouse. this is where we separate what comes in. we separate t-shirts, pants, children's clothing, sweaters and jackets according to season - winter or summer. he re-sells two-thirds of the clothing, mostly to africa. alice tesi, who works next door, takes the last third. her family business has been turning used clothes into yarn and fabric for four generations. hi! how's it going? great! did you get good material? yeah, it's all pretty good. great. then the magic begins. in the end the discarded scraps will become new yarn and wool. it's a complex process, that starts here. our goal is to res

in tuscany around the city of prato, many textile companies create new from old - with prato quickly becoming the 'paris' of sustainable fashion. this used clothing bin could be in almost any european city - but no matter where it's located, chances are the clothing will end up in prato, italy - the world's textile recycling capital. around 150 of the 7 thousand textile companies here are involved in recycling. used clothes from germany, austria and switzerland end up at salvatore rangino's warehouse. this is where we separate what comes in. we separate t-shirts, pants, children's clothing, sweaters and jackets according to season - winter or summer. he re-sells two-thirds of the clothing, mostly to africa. alice tesi, who works next door, takes the last third. her family business has been turning used clothes into yarn and fabric for four generations. hi! how's it going? great! did you get good material? yeah, it's all pretty good. great. then the magic begins. in the end the discarded scraps will become new yarn and wool. it's a complex process, that starts here. our goal is to res

young designers like students from a freshman academy to use recycled tech styles from prato for the creations and central proud. so the roof start off is already selling recycle design or function around the world. nicolo geoffrey, on his goal, is to bring together our, to his new methods, sustainable fashion and the principles of a circular economy. with me, i'm going to talk i sent to people that were seeing that more and more people are interested in these issues and are willing to buy less clothing. but it's been more on quality that i mean, the just the opposite of fast bashing, which is what we have until just a few years ago. that so that was all about low prices style in buying new clothes . more often new america simply looking, spend that people who are comfortable with people like nicolo and alicia they are showing the sustainable fashion is more than just a dream for places like proud so all over the world can help make it's a reality. the delia from latin america came to spain with a dream sending sufficient money back home to support her children. but her dream turned