Approximately 30% of the textiles recovered for recycling in ... With as many as 26 rag cutters working at one time in Newark and an additional 13 in the company’s North Carolina plant, Star ...

6 MARKER IS MADE Before cutting begins, the pattern must be organized to keep wasted fabric to a minimum. This puzzle-like arrangement (the sleeve placed next to the collar placed next to the ...

Enter rag rugs, floor covers made from scrap fabrics ... Each notch should be about one-and-a-half inches deep. 1. Start by cutting the fabric into strips about one-and-a-half inches wide.

While rag collectors have warned that the price they are able to pay is forever reducing, it may take some time for this to be accepted by customers selling material. There is often an impasse in the ...

Margaret and Elizabeth Beaumont were inspired by their family’s history in the rag trade to set up their ... Elizabeth had learned all about the textile industry during her studies at the ...

a trade group of textile manufacturers and industrial rag companies, also offers recycling providers and other hints at its website: www.smartasn.org. The U.S. Environmental Protection ...

The volume of textiles shipped abroad for sorting appears to be dropping following the introduction of tighter regulations governing the export of waste, it has been reported. Hopefully the ...