AGreenLiving

JULY 7, 2021

The Barbie Loves the Ocean line includes three fashion dolls, a playset and accessories made from 90% recycled ocean-bound plastic parts sourced within 50 kilometers of waterways in areas that are lacking formal waste collection systems. View post: Mattel reveals new Barbie made from recycled ocean-bound plastic.

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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.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 7, 2020

Sweaty Betty has launched a new recycling service for old leggings, allowing customers to return used sportswear for recycling or re-use. The retailer stressed that it "is not in the business of fast fashion" and that its garments are engineered to last years.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 26, 2020

The initial headline-grabbing pledges to phase out single use plastic may have become old news, but the new normal is seeing hundreds of companies quietly advance their plastic reduction strategies. The flurry of plastic-related announcements this week is case in point. Delivering on those initial pledges can take decades.

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AGreenLiving

OCTOBER 15, 2021

As more consumers prioritize sustainability, the days of fast fashion are numbered. This year’s Vegan Fashion Week in Los Angeles highlighted brands that are stepping up to meet the demand for ethical products by offering fashionable creations free of animal products. Curious about what the vegan fashion world has to offer?

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Greentown Labs

MAY 16, 2023

Michael Fletcher and Kristeen Reynolds are bringing their passion for sneaker culture, circularity, and community engagement to the pavement with DrinKicks —a startup turning food waste and recycled materials into shoes with 89 percent lower carbon emissions than their cow-leather counterparts. Can’t wait to get your hands on a pair?

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AGreenLiving

MARCH 22, 2021

Made from recycled, ocean-bound plastic, the Cadence magnetic, refillable containers offer a sustainable, convenient and stylish solution to single-use travel bottles. Cadence uses a proprietary blend of recycled plastic specially designed to keep products secure and fresh. Perhaps the best part?

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GreenBiz

MAY 27, 2020

A jolt in this direction came overnight as COVID-19 drove people indoors, forcing many to rethink how they reduce, reuse or recycle items they took for granted only weeks earlier. Embracing imperfections and repairs is part of his vision for a pair of jeans to be loved and worn for a decade until ultimately being recycled.

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Business Green

JUNE 6, 2022

BusinessGreen gets a behind-the-scenes look at the fast fashion company's new green range. A growing band of major fashion retailers have pledged to achieve net zero emissions and overhaul their design and manufacturing processes to make the notoriously resource intensive industry more sustainable.

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Business Green

APRIL 5, 2022

Every product is made from a minimum of 56 per cent plant-based materials and a minimum of 26 percent bio-circular plastics, with the materials approved by the International Sustainability & Carbon Certification body.

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GreenBiz

JANUARY 11, 2021

The automaker’s sustainability goals include sourcing energy only from renewable sources and getting at least half the materials in its vehicles from recycled, bio-based or renewable origins — by 2030 in the U.S. It helped define fast fashion, yet is in the vanguard of circular innovations in apparel. and globally by 2040.

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Business Green

MAY 15, 2020

From plastics to fashion, the US chemicals giant is innovating in pursuit of a new approach for managing the world's most ubiquitous materials. The company claims this enables waste plastics to be recycled an infinite number of times without degradation of quality.

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AGreenLiving

APRIL 30, 2021

Being eco-conscious folks, it was important to them that they use high-quality recycled materials and skip the plastic packaging. from recycled polyester and spandex. Inhabitat: How do you source the recycled fabric used in BioRomper suits? BioRomper: a safe, fashionable, eco-friendly outfit for travel.

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AGreenLiving

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

Advene has just restocked its Age bag, an accessory that is transparently constructed and designed to eliminate unnecessary plastics. Advene releases one product at a time, using responsible materials to create its designs along with a commitment to reducing harmful plastic waste throughout the process. Advene Images via Advene.

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AGreenLiving

MAY 7, 2021

One of the biggest names in fashion, Adidas , has committed to ending plastic waste. The soles are made with recycled rubber, and the uppers are made with Primegreen technology, which uses recycled materials. Primegreen completely nixes virgin plastic, so it doesn’t add to the mounting plastic crisis.

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AGreenLiving

MARCH 31, 2020

-based startup company that is creating sustainable pet products made from recycled materials such as plastic, textiles and leather. Our oceans bear the brunt of our plastics epidemic, with up to 12.7 million tons of plastic ending up in them every year,” said Geryn Evans, founder of Project Blu. “Our

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AGreenLiving

JANUARY 12, 2022

When a company invests in that quality and makes the pan from recycled materials, it’s a double win. Each size is made from 100% recycled aluminum. However, achieving high quality comes at a cost, especially in a pan that offers Swiss expertise alongside 100% recycled materials. Read more here:Â .

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Green Business Bureau

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

Just as you have blue bins for recyclable materials, brown bins are meant only for organic materials. She is passionate about finding innovative methods to solving solid waste pollution with a focus on plastic and textile waste. Get a brown bin.

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AGreenLiving

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

And on their feet, they weren’t wearing nylon, plastic or synthetic materials. They were wearing natural materials. Why would you need nylon and plastic when there are durable, natural materials like that available? Then they look down … and see plastic waste and old shoes.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

Fashion retail giant says share of clothes including sustainable or recycled materials has almost doubled to 45 per cent. It's felt challenging at times and we know we're only getting started but one year in, we're more committed than ever to make more sustainable fashion affordable for all.".

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AGreenLiving

OCTOBER 18, 2021

Volvo released a statement in September 2021 vowing to take an ethical stance in the name of animals by committing to leather-free materials in its current and future electric cars. Phillip Lim weekend bag is made from the same bio-based and recycled materials found in Volvo’s leather-free car interiors, known as Nordico.

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Business Green

APRIL 22, 2021

We've rounded up some of our favourite announcements from drinks, fashion, consumer goods and tech brands this year. Morrisons debuts plastic-saving shampoo bars. Morrisons has launched its own-brand range of vegan shampoo and conditioner bars in a bid to help consumers cut down on the plastic in their haircare regime.

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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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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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AGreenLiving

JANUARY 14, 2021

In a bold move last January, Adidas acknowledged its contribution to plastic waste, noting the waste’s negative impacts on the world’s oceans. Adidas accomplishes this by using recycled materials and PRIMEGREEN technology. But if the fabric contains no virgin plastic, what exactly is it made of?

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AGreenLiving

JANUARY 4, 2022

Their bras are made from recycled, end-of-roll Italian lace and bamboo silk. Related: Nomadic lingerie fitting room takes boutique fashion on the road Plus sizes, those that come in cup sizes D and above, are made with wider straps and a sling for extra support. . It’s also the reason behind their bra recycling initiative.

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AGreenLiving

MARCH 5, 2021

5 opportunities of a circular economy David McGinty Fri, 03/05/2021 – 00:12 More than 100 billion tons of resources enter the economy every year — everything from metals, minerals and fossil fuels to organic materials from plants and animals. percent gets recycled and used again. We would need 1.5

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Business Green

JANUARY 13, 2021

While many plastic campaigners would take issue with the claim that CCEP is an environmental leader - the Coca-Cola Company produces more plastic waste than any other company, and CCEP is its largest bottler by revenue - it is clear the firm is serious about its new goals.

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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.

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AGreenLiving

FEBRUARY 28, 2020

To top it all off, the Guilin Lamp-scape is made from recyclable materials. Low-voltage LED light shines through the rectangular, structural steel base of the lamp, bouncing off acrylic mountains made from 40% recycled plastic.

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AGreenLiving

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

Modern methods of fashion have led to worldwide global catastrophe. The plastics, the waste, the non-recyclable materials…it has all added up to the biggest environmental crisis humankind has ever faced. WAMA Underwear is turning to hemp , one of the most sustainable fabrics in the world. What is hemp, anyway?

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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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Business Green

JANUARY 6, 2023

However, you can't call a product 'compostable' if someone can't compost it safely and in a 'timely' fashion at home. If not, or if the item will ultimately pile up in a landfill, burn in an incinerator or be recycled, then avoid the term and its siblings, such as 'oxo-biodegradable'. Made with renewable materials. Recyclable.

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AGreenLiving

DECEMBER 9, 2021

Too many products relied on animal ingredients, from food to cosmetics to fashion. Special fashion collections from Awear Clothes Awear is a USA vegan clothing brand with an elephant fashion collection to help save elephants and a rhino collection for the rhinos. Puzzle pieces come in biodegradable plastic bags.

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AGreenLiving

DECEMBER 1, 2021

Shop Cannabolish on Amazon Beeswax wraps Beeswax wraps have drawn a lot of attention in recent years as a helpful way to reduce plastic use. Packaging is also environmentally-friendly with the use of recycled post-consumer materials and refill systems for products to minimize waste.

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Business Green

MAY 29, 2020

A jolt in this direction came overnight as COVID-19 drove people indoors, forcing many to rethink how they reduce, reuse or recycle items they took for granted only weeks earlier. Embracing imperfections and repairs is part of his vision for a pair of jeans to be loved and worn for a decade until ultimately being recycled.

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Business Green

JANUARY 26, 2023

Is that shampoo bottle as easily 'recyclable' as the label claims? What is the correct way to dispose of 'biodegradable' plastic bags? Which plant-based milk variety really has the smallest environmental footprint? And what even is 'carbon negative' beer?

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