Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 18, 2019

The textile is seemingly produced without the use of toxins and is “organic and biodegradable.” Differently coloured trustmarks indicate whether products and/or packaging are free of plastics and microplastics or are made of recyclates. In so doing, it is possible to get up to five times more material from the same animal.

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Startups Waste Waste Plastics 178

Greenability Magazine

AUGUST 9, 2021

EarthHero sells organic cotton, reusable kids face masks that are shipped plastic free in recycled packaging. Donate items you can’t use to a school backpack program or locate a place to recycle them. In the Kansas City metro area, RecycleSpot can help you locate a nearby recycler for many items. Look for soy-based crayons.

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Recycling Recycling Organic Plastics 96

Green Business Bureau

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

Just as you have blue bins for recyclable materials, brown bins are meant only for organic materials. She has performed various research on small-scale plastic recycling and founded a sustainable fashion brand (Sophie Meraki) that upcycles textile waste into new apparel, accessories and jewelry. Get a brown bin.

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Waste Waste Methane Recycling 167

Green Business Bureau

SEPTEMBER 19, 2019

Plastic bags are not biodegradable and can last over a 1000 years. Plastic bags that are recycled incorrectly and land in the ocean end up floating around and resembling jellyfish. Best Plastic Bag Alternatives Here’s a list of some of the best reusable and recyclable bag suppliers: . Stop harming wildlife.

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Retail Plastics Sustainability Fashion 111

Business Green

FEBRUARY 26, 2020

The packaging is made from 80 per cent recycled content and a minimum of 30 per cent of the weight of the tray is made up of ocean-bound plastic. It has also been designed so as to be widely recycled in the UK, Lidl said. "By First Mile founder and CEO, Bruce Bratley.

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Plastics Fashion Recycling Recycling 63

AGreenLiving

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

New fashion house Valani has launched its debut collection of biodegradable separates and dresses inspired by “light living.” The fashion brand has designed its pieces to reflect sustainability, with soft styles that can be worn throughout the year — regardless of season. Sizes run from 0 to 12.

Biodegradable 36

Biodegradable Fashion Recycled materials Carbon-negative 36

Green Business Bureau

DECEMBER 28, 2022

Waste recycling/recovery : Mechanical recycling. Waste recycling/recovery : Chemical recycling. Waste recycling/recovery : (digestion, composting). When packaging cannot be avoided, next on the list of priorities is waste recycling and recovery. Waste avoidance : Reuse/Repair.

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Packaging Retail Innovation Sustainability 78

Greenability Magazine

AUGUST 4, 2020

EarthHero sells organic cotton, reusable kids face masks that are shipped plastic free in recycled packaging. Donate items you can’t use to a school backpack program or locate a place to recycle them. In the Kansas City metro area, RecycleSpot can help you locate a nearby recycler for many items. Look for soy-based crayons.

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Recycling Recycling Plastics Biodegradable 81

Grist

MARCH 13, 2024

“The age of plastic began because it mimicked other things, and the functionality was so good that it became its own thing,” fashion designer Uyen Tran told Grist, when we interviewed her for our 2023 Grist 50 list. Its mushroom-based fabric was seen on runways in both London and Paris Fashion Weeks in 2023.

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Plastics Waste Waste Microplastics 100

Envirotec Magazine

AUGUST 18, 2021

If the average smoker discards just half of their unwanted cigarettes, that’s 3,600 butts a year, butts made of non-biodegradable cellulose acetate — a type of plastic. But cigarette butts do not degrade – and throwing them down the storm drain doesn’t solve the problem; it just moves it on for someone else to clean and sort out.

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Biodegradable Fashion Education Plastics 130

Green Business Bureau

JANUARY 10, 2022

In another report , the European Commission conducted a website sweep to analyze online green claims from various business sectors including garments and fashion, cosmetics, and household equipment. Plus items that are disposed of in landfills, incinerators, and recycling facilities for decomposition cannot be classed as degradable.

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Sustainability Packaging Recycling Recycling 147

AGreenLiving

NOVEMBER 6, 2020

Recent industrial design graduate Shahar Asor is knitting biodegradable children’s shoes out of a sustainable composite material. The shoes are meant to disassemble and disintegrate completely in the wash after a designated time frame to encourage greener fashion choices and limit excessive consumer consumption.

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Biodegradable Fashion Recycling Recycling 28

AGreenLiving

JULY 14, 2020

Just in time to celebrate National Forest Week from July 13 to July 19, fashion brand Solo New York is planting one tree per purchase for its line of affordable bags made from recycled plastic bottles. The first run of the company’s Re:cycled Collection recycled over 90,000 bottles, and this is just the beginning.

Plastics 36

Plastics Recycling Recycling Biodegradable 36

AGreenLiving

OCTOBER 26, 2020

Jeans Jeans are truly the cornerstone of great fall fashion. It uses eco-friendly materials like recycled cotton and non-toxic dyes. Using recycled jewelry and recycled packaging, Bario Neal traces its entire supply chain and sources fair-trade materials. Affordable and sustainable fashion trends for fall.

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Fashion Sustainability Ethics Recycling 36

AGreenLiving

JUNE 14, 2021

Related: These biodegradable sweaters ditch fast fashion in favor of sustainable cashmere For a capsule wardrobe, the solid and print pieces can be mixed and matched, and the company’s focus on quality equates to a long lifecycle. The plant uses only recycled water for a closed-loop system. ” Bracco said.

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Fashion Startups Sustainability Biodegradable 36

AGreenLiving

APRIL 3, 2020

Environmentally conscious clothing companies are few and far between, with the fashion industry as a whole being one of the top polluters on Earth. To add softness and comfort, it combines 45% recycled cotton with 55% organic cotton, grown without damaging pesticides and herbicides that pollute the soil and water.

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Plastics Recycling Recycling Biodegradable 36

AGreenLiving

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

New fashion house Valani has launched its debut collection of biodegradable separates and dresses inspired by “light living.” The fashion brand has designed its pieces to reflect sustainability, with soft styles that can be worn throughout the year — regardless of season. Sizes run from 0 to 12.

Biodegradable 28

Biodegradable Fashion Recycled materials Carbon-negative 28

Green Business Bureau

OCTOBER 26, 2022

These plastic bags aren’t biodegradable, meaning they reside in the environment and take up to 1000 years to break down. You can sell reusable bags with designs on them, making them better looking and more fashionable while at the same time building your brand. This is because the material is completely biodegradable.

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Retail Plastics Sustainability Biodegradable 78

AGreenLiving

SEPTEMBER 9, 2019

The Vollebak Plant and Algae T-Shirt is an example of clothing that is produced with a vision for the end of the product life cycle when the shirt can be thrown in a landfill where it will biodegrade within a few months. We say that’s a much better way to think about fast fashion. <big>+

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Biodegradable Soil Fashion Sustainability 28

Business Green

AUGUST 11, 2020

Guy Fennell, cofounder of environmentally friendly baby wipe company Pura, talks to BusinessGreen about his plans to disrupt the wasteful baby care industry with kerbside nappy recycling and plastic-free baby wipes. Guy and Abi Fennell have had a busy year.

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Plastics Sustainability Biodegradable Recycling 82

Low Impact

NOVEMBER 4, 2020

Carefully consider each clothing purchase, and choose fewer quality items, rather than lots of fast fashion. Consider choosing secondhand clothing rather than new clothing where synthetic fabrics may be required (such as for performance outdoors gear), and look into recycled options. Credit: Superkitina on Unsplash.

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Plastics Ethics Biodegradable Organic 103

AGreenLiving

DECEMBER 23, 2021

Now it’s also becoming infamous for its dunes of discarded fast fashion. Related: Over 80 fashion brands linked to Amazon deforestation Up to 59,000 tons of unsold clothes make their way from the U.S. Clothing takes hundred of years to biodegrade, if it ever does at all. Fast fashion stacks up in Chile’s Atacama Desert.

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Fashion South America Biodegradable Recycling 28

Green Tech Challenge

MARCH 1, 2019

If there’s one sector that can make me cringe like the sound of nails on a blackboard - it’s the fashion industry. I know how many people love fashion, love trends, love shopping. Damn, my closest female friend holds a long education and career in fashion. However; to me, fashion is just plain ugly.

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Fashion Waste Waste Innovation 57

Green Business Bureau

JULY 16, 2020

If your company prides itself on recycling but makes no effort to eliminate single-use plastics in the workspace, then this incongruence can damage your credibility. Perhaps you’re a local cafe who has received suggestions on switching to biodegradable cups and reusable cutlery. Green Marketing: Showcasing Your Brand.

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Sustainability Biodegradable Fashion Plastics 148

Green Business Bureau

AUGUST 17, 2022

Join names like Starbucks, Dunkin’, Mcdonald’s, and hundreds of others in this effort to keep up with the demand for coffee in a sustainable fashion. Your first step would be to look to swap single-use plastics for alternative materials like paper and cardboard – such material is easily recycled and biodegradable.

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Sustainability Biodegradable Packaging Waste 78

Climate Tech VC

AUGUST 10, 2023

fashion industry , which accounts for ~10% of global CO2 emissions —more than aviation and shipping combined. Read more about the industry’s footprint in our sustainable fashion deep dive ]. The end product today is biodegradable, and what we're making is identical. spinning, weaving, and knitting).

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Building Energy Monitoring Fashion Business Energy Monitoring Carbon-negative 86

AGreenLiving

APRIL 17, 2020

Sometimes, being disruptive is fashionable. As for Archivist, a sustainable clothing company, its business plan counts on being disruptive in the name of fashion and corporate responsibility. The answer inspired a campaign to turn used bedding into sustainable fashion. Archivist Photography by Arturo Bamboo via Archivist.

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Recycling Recycling Fashion Upcycling 28

AGreenLiving

APRIL 23, 2021

Akala is a sustainable fashion brand by founder Ashley Klein. Related: Valani launches debut collection of biodegradable clothing Tencel Lyocell is used in some products and is created from wood pulp sourced from sustainably managed forests. Linen, which is sourced from flax plants, is also included in some of the selections.

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Biodegradable Fashion Waste Waste 36

AGreenLiving

JUNE 25, 2021

One such shoe brand, Undo for Tomorrow, recently released Nuven, a vegan sneaker partially made from recycled party balloons along with other sustainable materials. From the inside out, the shoes are vegan, incorporating recycled and natural materials with a weatherproof coating to keep feet dry in all types of weather.

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Recycling Recycling Plastics Biodegradable 28

Unsustainable

JUNE 17, 2020

It’s incredibly versatile, strong, sustainably grown, and biodegradable. Regardless of its use, banana products are recyclable and bio-degradable. Green Banana Paper in the Philippines, as well as fashion houses such as Offset Warehouse, THIS Co., Fashion United. Fashion United. Fashion United. Turk, Robyn.

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Sustainability Fashion Waste Waste 53

Green Business Bureau

JANUARY 10, 2022

In another report , the European Commission conducted a website sweep to analyze online green claims from various business sectors including garments and fashion, cosmetics, and household equipment. Plus items that are disposed of in landfills, incinerators, and recycling facilities for decomposition cannot be classed as degradable.

Sustainability 78

Sustainability Packaging Recycling Recycling 78

Green Business Bureau

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

For example, the second-hand clothing sector is expected to grow faster than fast fashion. ” Patagonia’s business model rejects fast fashion by creating high-quality, long-lasting products, and offers an extensive repair and reuse program. If plastic is necessary within your supply chain , be sure it’s curbside recyclable.

Retail 78

Retail Business Energy Monitoring Sustainability Building Energy Monitoring 78

AGreenLiving

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

Back in July, Inhabitat introduced readers to the Solo New York brand, a sustainable fashion company making bags out of recycled plastic water bottles. With the environmental tolls of fast fashion becoming more and more apparent, sustainability has certainly become a buzzword in the textile and fashion industries.

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Plastics Recycling Recycling Fashion 28

AGreenLiving

JUNE 26, 2020

The fashion industry deserves a harsh slap on the wrist for how its manufacturing impacts the environment. For example, its Plant Shoe uses only natural glues and a plant-based, biodegradable template. Native Shoes is one such company, with a history of making a light footprint in the production of their footwear.

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Upcycling Fashion Biodegradable Waste 36

AGreenLiving

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

Back in July, Inhabitat introduced readers to the Solo New York brand, a sustainable fashion company making bags out of recycled plastic water bottles. With the environmental tolls of fast fashion becoming more and more apparent, sustainability has certainly become a buzzword in the textile and fashion industries.

Plastics 28

Plastics Recycling Recycling Biodegradable 28

Business Green

MAY 14, 2021

That means embracing new partners, such as Evonik Industries, which provides the renewable and biodegradable surfactant for its Sunlight dishwashing soap in Chile and Vietnam. The company set aside $1.2bn in research and development funds for biotechnology and low-carbon chemistry technologies that support that goal. Redesigning products.

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Innovation Carbon Biotechnology Recycled materials 80

AGreenLiving

JUNE 3, 2021

Related: Aerie launches REAL GOOD swimwear made with recycled nylon Robinson said, “I was perpetually searching for a suit that made me feel good, and that I wasn’t itching to get out of as soon as I put it on. Robinson acknowledged the typically wasteful and polluting aspects of the fashion industry. I honestly never found it.

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Sustainability Fashion Recycling Recycling 28