About the Event

Join the City and County of Los Angeles for a FREE textile upcycling and recycling education event hosted by the City and County of Los Angeles, the California Product Stewardship Council (CPSC), and the LA Cleantech Incubator, funded by CalRecycle, LA Sanitation, and other sponsors, in collaboration with Afflare.co and Fashion is Outrageous, and the 100+ member working group.

The event will include keynote speakers, demonstrations, and interactive activities to learn about how the City, County, and State divert textiles from the landfill. The agenda features regional leaders in textile circularity who will provide concrete examples of how to upcycle or recycle unwanted textiles into new products. The morning speakers include participants from the LA Sanitation pilot project who recycled cotton waste into a domestic supply-chain for a fabric knitted in Los Angeles. Panelists will also discuss hard-to-recycle materials related to LA28 and other large events. The afternoon session will allow for more direct engagement with speakers and a chance to participate in interactive activities. The afternoon classroom activities explore partnerships, meet upcycling designers, feedstocks, and local service opportunities for textile repair, recycling, and other design considerations for textile circularity. There will be waste-side activities and design-side activities that bring the two industries together to close the loop on circularity.

Learn more about all three phases of the LA Sanitation Textile Recovery Pilot: calpsc.org/latextilehub

See exhibits from leaders in the textile industry, and opportunities to network and discuss textile recovery opportunities. Participants will walk away understanding the potential for textile circularity and recycling in California.

Location:

525 S Hewitt St Suite 150,

Los Angeles, CA 90013

Date:

June 10, 2026

Time:

9:00 AM - 2:00 PM

Cost:

FREE

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Registration is required.

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Event Sponsors

Exhibits and Activities

CPSC leads the state in unique waste management programs, including leading LA Sanitation's multi-year initiative on textile recovery. CPSC sponsored California's new Textile EPR law and leads pilot projects throughout the state. Stop by the table to see the recycled cotton fabric we developed with LASAN and other opportunities to process textile waste. It's a great model for circularity and LA28!

The City of Los Angeles generates 71,898 tons of textiles annually, representing about 6% of the landfill waste stream and 2% of recyclable waste stream, both of the commercial waste stream. The City of Los Angeles has long been committed to diverting textile waste and has pursued conceptual studies on textile waste since 2020, with major accomplishments in each phase. Stop by the table to see how the City prioritizes reuse, repair, and recycling of commercially generated textile waste.

Los Angeles County Public Works is one of the largest municipal public works agencies in the United States, providing vital 21st Century infrastructure and essential services to more than 10 million people across a 4,000-square-mile regional service area. They are the zone administrators for CalRecycle's Recycling Market Development Zone (RMDZ) program. Stop by the table to see if the RMDZ program can offer your business technical assistance or access to a low interest rate loan.

LACI works with startups to accelerate the commercialization of clean technologies; transforming markets through partnerships with policymakers, innovators, and market leaders in zero-emission transportation, clean energy, and sustainable cities; and enhancing communities through workforce development, pilots, and other programs.

LACI has incubated many textile-related businesses and collaborates with the LASAN textile recovery pilot. As the event venue hosts, they will showcase their many accomplishments.

Cofounded by Gabrielle Miller and Kestrel Jenkins, Fashion Is Outrageous (FIO) develops educational materials and interactive experiences, evidence-based data insights, reports and creative art-driven dissemination across research and policy to spaces and digital media. FIO is currently delivering programmatic planning for educational events on SB 707 and working on universities and government funded research packages. FIO is leading several interactive activities, including mapping participants, designer discussions, and audio focus groups.

Circular Fashion LA will provide a “ReDye to ReLove” workshop offering guided dyeing sessions to revive stained, faded, or outdated garments, including supplies and care instructions, with approximately 20-minute sessions priced at $30 per participant. They also offer on-site repair services such as patching, knit shaving, resewing seams and hems, and elastic replacement or refitting, with repairs starting at $20 for simple fixes and $33 for moderate repairs. Attendees can bring items for repair and drop them off at the Circular Fashion LA truck at the beginning of the event.

RE/ASSEMBLY 2026 was a LIVE UPCYCLING COMPETITION held in front of an audience at the PREFACE fabric show in downtown Los Angeles on the 28th of January.
Three teams of three designers had ONE DAY to create an outfit using denim from Reformation, post-consumer materials from Homeboy Threads, fish leather from 7 Leagues, zippers from YKK, and assorted trims and findings from Golden Sewing in front of the show’s 300+ attendees of fashion professionals.

The winning designs from the Re/Assembly 2026 will be on display.

Agenda

9:30 AM

9:45 AM

10:00 AM

11:10 AM

11:45 AM

9:00 AM

12:00 PM

12:30 PM

10:50 AM

2:00 PM

Refreshments and networking

Welcome: City of Los Angeles

Textile Recovery Pilot Overview

LA Sanitation and Environment (LASAN)

Panel: Recycled Cotton Fabric - Waste Sourced from LA- Knitted in LA

Moderated by: LASAN

Featuring: Homeboy Threads, Looptworks, Laguna Fabric, Nature USA

Statewide Textile Recovery Update

California Product Stewardship Council (CPSC)

Panel: "Hard-to-Manage" Textiles that Increase with Large Events

Moderated by: CPSC

Featuring: Eorte, Aberdeen, LA Fiber, The SUAY Center for Repair + Reuse

Message from Sponsors and afternoon overview

Onsite lunch sponsored by

Classroom Activities and Interactive Experiences:

Amphitheater: City Textile Updates

Featuring: Waste hauler audits, City/County Textile Program Planning

Classroom 402: State Textile Updates

Featuring: Scaling upcycling manufacturing, Q&A with the Textile EPR PRO

Classroom 131: Textile Pilot Exhibit

Featuring: Recycled cotton fabric, upcycled products, and publications

Hot seat area: exhibit tables and art activations

Featuring: Participation mapping, government program updates, and more

Media room: Community interviews

Featuring: Focus groups and interviews

Outside: Circular Fashion LA's Electric Truck

Featuring: BYO damaged items for repair, SWAG bag decoration, and more

Event ends

Speakers

Speaker Bios

David Roshan

As a family-owned company operating over multiple generations, Laguna Fabrics has been supplying the market with trend-forward, high-quality knits with a fast turnaround for 35+ years. Laguna fabrics is participating in several textile sustainability pilots with LASAN/CPSC, Fibershed, and Accelerating Circularity.

Brenda Yaghoobi

Brenda Yaghoobi is an Environmental Engineering Associate in the Industrial Waste Management Division at LA Sanitation and Environment (LASAN). She holds a Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, and has professional experience in desalination processes, wastewater treatment, and sustainability. In her current role, she supports pollution prevention initiatives for businesses across the City of Los Angeles, including the City’s first Textile Recovery Pilot.

Joanne Brasch

Dr. Joanne Brasch is the Director of Advocacy at the California Product Stewardship Council (CPSC), leading projects and policies that promote a circular economy using Product Stewardship and Extended Producer Responsibility. CPSC was the exclusive sponsor of SB707 - California's new Textile Recovery Program. CPSC has been leading textile recovery pilots with LA Sanitation and LA County since 2020.

Dr. Brasch is appointed by the Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery (CalRecycle) to the California carpet advisory committee and holds the Vice Chair position. She holds a PhD in Textile Economics and Environmental Analysis from the University of California, Davis. She’s the former Chair of the American Association for Textile Chemists and Colorists California Chapter and sits on several academic external advisory boards around the Country. She made Waste360’s “40 under 40” list for 2021.

Contact Joanne at joanne@calpsc.org or via LinkedIn

Mike Farid

Mike is an innovative leader in apparel design and manufacturing with over 30 years of experience transforming concepts into market-ready products. He specializes in bridging creative vision with technical precision—delivering high-quality, scalable solutions across global supply chains.

As a pioneer in social responsibility and environmental sustainability, Mike has championed ethical sourcing, circular design principles, and low-impact production methods long before they became industry buzzwords. His work reflects a deep commitment to creating fashion that respects both people and planet.

Nature USA was the waste generator who pre-sorted cutting room scraps by fiber type, which was recycled into the LASAN pilot Fabric.

Linda Corrado

Linda Corrado leads Business Development at Homeboy Threads, a certified social enterprise of Homeboy Industries, located in Los Angeles, CA. Following an extensive career as a Product Executive and Business Entrepreneur in the fashion, gift, and home decor industries, she is dedicated to driving systemic change towards more sustainable and circular business practices. Using her experience in Business Development and building Strategic Partnerships, her work centers on the role of industry in generating positive environmental and social impact for all stakeholders, people and the planet. She also serves as a Board Member of Upstream and was most recently the VP of Community and Partnerships at Fashion Revolution USA.

Mariam Panasyan

Mariam Panasyan began her career ten years ago as an Environmental Engineering Associate with LA Sanitation and the Environment. During her initial tenure she oversaw numerous capital improvement projects and NPDES permit compliance at the Donald C. Tillman and LA/Glendale Water Reclamation Plants.

Currently, Mariam is a member of the LA Industry team, where she contributes to various pollution prevention initiatives, including the Fork to Fuel Initiative and the Textile Recovery Project. Since 2023, she has served as the Project Manager for the Textile Recovery Project within the Industrial Waste Management Division.

Mariam holds a B.S. in Chemical Engineering from California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, and an M.S. in Environmental Engineering from California State University, Los Angeles.

Joey Pham

Joey Pham is the founder of Eorte brand, a clean tech company building circular infrastructure to eliminate textile waste from landfills and support the transition to a compliant, low-waste economy. He spent the better part of his career in the fashion industry, building and scaling brands and gaining a deep understanding of how products are made, moved, and ultimately discarded. Through that journey, he saw firsthand the amount of waste our industry creates—and it pushed him to rethink what responsibility looks like in business.

Today, as the founder of Eorte brand, Joey focused on turning that challenge into an opportunity—working to transform hotel textile waste into circular systems that create both environmental and economic value. His mission is simple: to prove that sustainability isn’t a trade-off, but a better way to build—one that supports our communities, reduces waste, and moves the industry forward with intention.

Beba Greer

As Director of Sustainable Operations and Engagement, Beba Greer leads efforts to integrate sustainability into core business operations, climate strategy, and brand engagement. This includes, among other things, supporting the brand’s extensive circularity efforts, through both pre-production and post-purchase initiatives, and implementing green building infrastructure across its 65+ door retail fleet. Beba is also responsible for collaborating with cross-functional teams across the organization to translate sustainability ambitions into tactical action plans and clear, credible communications.

Over the course of her 10-year career, she is proud to have helped advance industry leading sustainability programs, including Reformation’s Climate Positive strategy and Scope 3 reductions aligned with the Science Based Targets initiative. Her leadership style is people-centered and rooted in storytelling and change management, with a focus on making operations better for people, planet, and profit.

Before joining Reformation, Beba worked at Sierra Nevada Brewing Co., the third-largest craft brewery in the world, supporting sustainability initiatives at a LEED Platinum certified, zero-waste facility with a 99.8% diversion rate. Beba graduated from California Polytechnic San Luis Obispo with a Bachelor of Science in Wine and Viticulture.

Scott Hamlin

Scott Hamlin is the Founder & CEO of Looptworks. Looptworks is a Certified B-Corp textile-to-textile recycling specialist offering innovative, scalable solutions for brands and organizations worldwide. Based in Gresham, Oregon, Looptworks owns a fully operational facility features a unique technology that transforms pre- and post-consumer textiles into high-quality recycled fibers. As a Global Recycled Standard (GRS) certified company, Looptworks ensures verified recycled content and responsible processing, producing premium recycled fiber.

Looptworks recycled cotton fabric scraps for the LASAN Pilot.

Shiloh Uhlir

Afflare helps brands and consumers think, shop, and sell beyond the first sale. In the rapidly
evolving landscape of textile resale, reuse, recycling, and recovery, Afflare works with brands to
develop and implement circularity strategies that reduce waste, strengthen customer loyalty, and
unlock new value from existing products—while also creating resources that empower
consumers to shop and consider second-hand

Kestrel Jenkins

Kestrel Jenkins is an internationally trained journalist, Fulbright scholar and podcasting trailblazer. With over 17 years of working in storytelling, public speaking, writing, communication and digital media, Kestrel has a globally recognized voice, researching and communicating critical knowledge and advocacy in the fashion and sustainability space. She pushes the limits of storytelling, and leaned into podcasting before it became a cultural phenomenon. Her podcast, Conscious Chatter, was the first to cover the depth and breadth of the international fashion industry, and has been downloaded over 1 million times with listeners across 115+ countries. She has hosted powerful interviews with key stakeholders, exploring how products, practices, and policy can accelerate innovation in fashion for good. Her past work coproducing the first “eco fashion show” at Mercedes-Benz with the GreenShows and leading sustainability & narrative for docu-series projects distinctly places her between the spaces of industry, media and education.

Gabrielle Miller

Gabrielle Miller has worked at the London College of Fashion (LCF), University of the Arts London for over ten years, both lecturing and at research centers including the Centre for Sustainable Fashion and Centre for Circular Design. She has exceptional expertise in pedagogical innovation, and has published research on defining fashion tech as an emerging discipline. She co-developed an award-winning edtech Massive Online Open Course (MOOC) for the University of the Arts London. The reach and impact for the duration of the course was highly successful, reaching 90,037 learners in total from 144 countries (2018-2025). She won the Green Gown award for the ‘Next Generation of Learning and Skills’ (2018) – awards given to acknowledge institutions of higher education on their exceptional efforts towards sustainability. Her tenure as designer at prestigious fashion houses including Alexander McQueen and Givenchy, combined with leading fashion and sustainability for the design school at LCF, positions her uniquely at the intersection of industry and academia.

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