Grist

MARCH 3, 2025

Another one that was interesting was “fossil fashion” You can consider natural materials, like hemp and cotton, and its surprising how little of that stuff preserves well. We could think about fossil feathers, because they preserve so well.

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Plastics Sea level rise Waste Waste 60

Business Green

JUNE 6, 2022

However, as the OECD's sobering new report makes clear, no government is yet to get a real grip on the plastic pollution crisis, and while policies are available that can curb plastic demand and boost recycling rates few regions are deploying them in a co-ordinated and effective fashion.

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AGreenLiving

APRIL 13, 2021

Sequins have long been a source of concern for environmentally conscious fashion designers. Made of tiny bits of shiny or translucent plastic, they are a significant contributor to ocean microplastics and fashion-derived plastic waste. One X One is also partnered by Swarovski and the United Nations Office for Partnerships. +

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AGreenLiving

OCTOBER 14, 2021

When Adidas releases a new jacket, it’s hot fashion news. Working with Parley for the Oceans and the material science company PrimaLoft, Adidas has created a comfortable, functional and fashionable hooded jacket that’s ready to wear outdoors. These are known as microplastics.

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Green Business Bureau

OCTOBER 26, 2022

And even then, the bags only break down to remain as microplastics that accumulate within the food chain. As already mentioned, once in the environment, plastic bags take up to 1,000 years to break down, and when they do break down, the microplastic byproducts remain in the environment and accumulate up the food chain.

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AGreenLiving

OCTOBER 15, 2021

A new study published in the journal Royal Society Open Science has found that microplastics affect the behavior of hermit crabs, a key part of the ocean ecosystem. The study, conducted by Queen’s University, highlights how microplastics impact hermit crabs’ growth and reproduction. Via Newswise Lead image via Pixabay.

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Microplastics Plastics Global warming Pollution 28

AGreenLiving

OCTOBER 24, 2019

Fur-free policies have been adopted across several luxury fashion brands and major retailers in recent years, thanks to the spread of both legislation and public education on the realities of animal cruelty. That’s because polyester, nylon and other petroleum-based textile fibers are exacerbating the microplastic pollution crisis.

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Business Green

AUGUST 11, 2020

Pura has thus far been fully funded by Abi and Guy, who set aside their careers in the fashion and wholesale industries to dedicate themselves to the venture. But Guy stresses that a lesser-publicised fact is that the majority of wipes on the market today have significant environmental impacts throughout their entire lifecycle.

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Plastics Sustainability Biodegradable Recycling 81

Greentown Labs

OCTOBER 29, 2024

Cellsense , which transforms algae and cellulose into compostable beads that eliminate microplastics in the design and cosmetic industries. change:WATER Labs , which is developing a low-cost, compact, waterless toilet for non-sewered households and communities.

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AGreenLiving

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

The Eco-Jacket is made with a focus on long-term use in a fight against fast fashion. Although using recycled materials exempts virgin materials from the process, the microplastics released during washing are still a problem, so the jacket also comes with a microfiber-trapping laundry bag.

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Recycled materials Recycling Recycling Plastics 28

Greentown Labs

OCTOBER 8, 2024

The seven ACCEL Year 2 participating startups are working on everything from yeast-centered water treatment, to vertical-axis offshore wind turbines, to algae- and cellulose-based fashion beads. transforms algae and cellulose into compostable beads that eliminate microplastics in the design and cosmetic industries.

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Startups Carbon-negative Waste Waste 52

Grist

APRIL 19, 2023

By one estimate , they account for as much as one-third of all microplastics released to the ocean. chemical giant Eastman will start building a facility in Normandy, France that it claims “unzips” hard-to-recycle plastics, like polyester clothes, into molecular precursors that can be fashioned into new products like clothes and insulation.

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Microplastics Plastics Pollution Policy 105

Grist

JULY 21, 2022

From large pieces, such as bottles, cups, and even a Smurf action figure, to tiny microplastics — fragments, films, fibers, or foams less than 5 mm long — plastic is one of the most common pollutants this group will find, mirroring what cleanup crews regularly see across the country. We found microplastics everywhere,” Granek says.

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Plastics Pollution Microplastics Organic 120

Green Business Bureau

DECEMBER 28, 2022

Leveraging these efficiency gains is fashion retailer Zara. And when plastic does break down, the material disintegrates into tiny microparticles called microplastics. These microplastics accumulate within food chains, harming wildlife and humans. And since 2018, the recycling rate has only increased, reaching 91.4%

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Packaging Retail Innovation Sustainability 78

Business Green

JANUARY 13, 2021

A new study from Canadian non-profit Ocean Wise has shown that synthetic fibres, many released from clothing and textiles during domestic laundry, make up a large proportion of microplastics in the Arctic Ocean. Campaigners, however, criticised the fashion industry and policymakers for not moving fast enough to tackle the problem. "We

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Plastics Microplastics Fashion Pollution 92

Envirotec Magazine

APRIL 3, 2024

” The wider impact of the UK sector not collecting waste textiles will result in devastating environmental consequences, said the group, including microplastic pollution, water pollution, and the accumulation of textile waste in landfills.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 18, 2019

.” He continued: “We realized that our technology could enable [us] to make use of the abundant waste of [the] leather and meat industries while at the same time solving the problem of mass-fashion and automotive brands not having eco-friendly materials available in mass-scale.”

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Startups Waste Waste Plastics 178

Business Green

JANUARY 6, 2022

Petit Pli is tackling the wasteful and unethical fast fashion industry by extending the lifecycle of clothing, creating children's clothes that ‘grow' as they do. An estimated £140m-worth of clothing enters UK landfill every year, and our unused clothing is worth approximately £30bn. Tyre Collective.

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Grist

AUGUST 5, 2022

Seeing the real sky, the old-fashioned way, is still important,” said Hummel. Unlike finding answers to dealing with microplastics in the ocean, or perfecting carbon capture before the planet crosses critical temperature thresholds, restoring the night sky is fairly easy. It helps us understand where we come from.”.

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Business Green

JUNE 28, 2022

Whether from deforestation, intensive farming and pesticide use, polluted rivers and lakes, or the microplastic epidemic swamping the planet's oceans, the planet's ecosystems are facing intensifying threats that further risk undermining the global economy.

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