A significant portion of a fabric’s environmental impacts can be reduced by repurposing what is already in circulation. Not only does this save the material from going to landfill but in closing the loop and making it into a new garment we place less demand on the earth’s resources to produce something from scratch. 
Another sustainable approach relates to regenerating the core fibre and weaving it into a new fabric entirely. Using discarded materials like fishing nets, new fabrics like Econyl have been formed to repurpose otherwise unwanted materials