Why H&M is turning away from polyester recycled from bottles
GreenBiz
MARCH 26, 2024
The fashion industry has found a circular solution to its textile recycling problem.
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GreenBiz
MARCH 26, 2024
The fashion industry has found a circular solution to its textile recycling problem.
GreenBiz
DECEMBER 11, 2020
Adidas and H&M join project to scale circular fashion and recycled fibers. Finally, sustainable fashion platform Fashion for Good has been tasked with leading stakeholder co-operation and communications efforts, with branding support from Finland's Aalto University and Infinited Fiber Company. "The Michael Holder.
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GreenBiz
AUGUST 12, 2022
French startup Carbios recently signed an agreement with On, Patagonia, Puma and Salomon meant to accelerate the commercialization of its bio-recycling technology for textiles.
Inhabitat - Innovation
AUGUST 19, 2021
Clothing company Piki Poma’s founders, sisters Mirna Litovic and Ida Babic, both come from a fashion design background. Last year in 2020, Litovic and Babic decided to begin creating natural and eco-friendly bags, shoes and clothing made using sustainable, cutting edge materials (including 100% recycled fibers).
GreenBiz
SEPTEMBER 1, 2020
Scaling circular fashion in North America: Part 1. What could a circular fashion industry look like in 2050? Part one of this two-part session explores what the circular fashion industry of 2050 has in store. But where there’s inefficiency, there’s often opportunity. Cory Skuldt, Associate Director, Corporate Citizenship.
GreenBiz
NOVEMBER 27, 2020
Booming secondhand clothing sales could help curb the sustainability crisis in fashion. A massive force is reshaping the fashion industry: secondhand clothing. While fast fashion is expected to continue to grow 20 percent in the next 10 years, secondhand fashion is poised to grow 185 percent. Hyejune Park.
GreenBiz
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A closed loop fashion system requires scaling solutions now, not later. The fashion industry is damaging to the planet — it's responsible for 10 percent of the world's carbon emissions. That’s one reason why addressing the environmental impacts of the fashion industry will require multiple solutions to be at play at the same time. .
GreenBiz
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GreenBiz
SEPTEMBER 15, 2020
Scaling Circular Fashion in North America: Part 2. What will it take to transition the fashion industry toward circularity at scale? The need for urgent action is clear: While the lifespan of individual garments dwindles, the environmental footprint of the apparel industry continues to grow. A continuation of Part 1: [link].
GreenBiz
JULY 17, 2020
The future of the fashion industry requires innovative circular systems. Winner of the 2018 Global Change Award , the company aims to unlock value for the textile and fashion industry, for farmers and for the planet. Pamani: How do the textiles produced by Agraloop stack up against recycled fabrics? Nicole Pamani.
Envirotec Magazine
SEPTEMBER 15, 2022
Environmental charity Hubbub , Glasgow-based Advanced Clothing Solutions (ACS) and environmental consultant Ecosurety have joined forces to launch Slow Threads: The Sustainable Fashion Fair during Scotland’s Climate Week. Meet the campaigners, academics and community groups exploring circular solutions to fashion’s problems.
Green Business Bureau
MAY 4, 2021
trillion dollar fashion industry may be economically thriving in the age of fast-changing trends but it is in no way sustainable. In fact, fashion is the second largest polluting industry after fossil fuels. Flaws In The Consumption Side of Fast Fashion. The massive 2.5 Cheap Clothing Harms The Environment .
GreenBiz
JUNE 28, 2023
firm Protein Evolution and Australian venture Samsara Eco are three early-stage companies pioneering enzymatic approaches to recycling textiles. French startup Carbios, U.S.
Envirotec Magazine
APRIL 3, 2024
The Textile Recycling Association (TRA) are sounding the alarm about the imminent collapse of the textile recycling sector due to global market challenges. According to a statement on the group’s website, “fast fashion has intensified the influx of low-quality textiles into the recycling stream.
GreenBiz
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Inhabitat - Innovation
AUGUST 5, 2020
This fashion boutique is made with clay tiles, upcycled metal, recycled beer bottles and more.
TechXplore
NOVEMBER 28, 2023
The fashion industry's enormous waste problem is pushing governments, particularly in Europe, towards ambitious recycling targets.
Green Business Bureau
JULY 4, 2022
Build a resilient fashion brand company using sustainable fashion. Sustainable fashion has come to save the fashion industry. Today, the fashion industry is widely regarded as the second most polluting industry in the world, releasing 1.2 Sustainable fashion definition.
The Environmental Blog
JANUARY 18, 2022
With consumer awareness and consciousness shifting toward sustainable fashion, businesses in the clothing industry began to focus on making brands ethical. A key goal in sustainable fashion is switching towards using natural and organic materials and fabrics when making clothing. Recycled And Treated Water. Organic Fabrics.
Green Business Bureau
MARCH 31, 2022
Humble Activewear strives to promote slow fashion and encourage customers to “Buy less, choose well, and make it last”, as renowned fashion designer, Vivienne Westwood, puts it. Further, Humble Activewear’s garments are made from recycled materials, including the labels and packaging in which they’re shipped.
Envirotec Magazine
MARCH 18, 2021
This Global Recycling Day (18 March), Robert Lockyer, CEO and founder of Delta Global, a sustainable packaging solutions provider for luxury fashion brands, discusses some of the ways in which he believes the industry is making great headway in terms of recyclability, as well as where more can still be done. Product innovations.
GreenBiz
JULY 18, 2023
Spanish fashion group Inditex said it will turn to recycling and regenerative farming to help meet ambitious new sustainability targets.
Green Living Guy
JUNE 3, 2022
Take a stand against Animal Cruelty in the fashion industry with handbags from Urban Originals. Made with a blend of vegan leather and recycled materials, Urban Originals is paving the way to better and ethical fashion across the world.
Green Business Bureau
FEBRUARY 22, 2022
Vegan luxury brand, Sambar , specializes in handbags made from sustainable, cruelty-free textiles including organic cotton and post-consumer recycled polyester yarn. Their line of handbags proves that it’s possible to achieve high fashion aesthetics without compromising ethics and values. Luxury with a Conscience”.
Envirotec Magazine
DECEMBER 14, 2021
It recycles the emissions into Lanzanol (ethanol) through a fermentation process. We are hugely excited about this collaboration with Inditex and Zara which brings fashion made from waste carbon emissions to the market,” said Jennifer Holmgren, Chief Executive Officer of LanzaTech.
The Environmental Blog
MARCH 19, 2020
Fashion is an industry that sometimes flies under the radar in terms of its environmental impact. The fashion industry produces approximately 10% of the world’s carbon emissions. The fashion industry produces approximately 10% of the world’s carbon emissions. But what exactly is fast fashion?
GreenBiz
JANUARY 22, 2020
Less than 1 percent of clothing material today is refashioned to produce new clothing. This is one potential solution.
Envirotec Magazine
JUNE 22, 2022
As we enter the warmer months, waste and recycling sites are increasingly vulnerable to fire. The content of waste streams seems to change in an ongoing, unpredictable fashion. Instead, they are often simply thrown in with general household waste or recycling. James Mountain offers pointers on fire safety.
Green Living Guy
JULY 13, 2023
Recycling textile can have significant benefits for the environment. Yet, most do it to make room for new fashions. Recycling Textile, It’s Impact on the Environment So this article […] The post Recycling Textile, Giving Away Does Good for the Environment appeared first on Green Living Guy.
GreenBiz
NOVEMBER 6, 2020
From design to recycling, opportunities abound to make solar more circular. The challenge is making PV waste recycling and repurposing more efficient than it currently is in order to move towards a more circular economy. A more circular solar industry at the recycling level. Do you offer a recycling program?
Business Green
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Self-growing shoes, clothing dyes made from food waste, and clothing traceability QR codes among winners from £100,000 Circular Fashion Innovators Fund. The winners of support from the Circular Fashion Innovators Fund were unveiled yesterday with a wide range of different technologies among the recipients.
Better Ventures
JANUARY 10, 2023
Not So Fast (Fashion)- Resale Continues to Rise Our Investment in Beni Whether you try and keep up with the latest fashion trends, or your kids do, there’s no denying the prevalence of fast fashion. The UN has declared that “the only way to make fashion sustainable is to end the throwaway culture.” Try out Beni here !
Inhabitat - Innovation
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.
Green Living Guy
JUNE 3, 2022
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TechXplore
FEBRUARY 7, 2024
In H&M's flagship Paris store it is hard to find clothes that don't claim to be made from "recycled materials".
Inhabitat - Innovation
OCTOBER 14, 2021
When Adidas releases a new jacket, it's hot fashion news. When that stylish jacket is made with ocean plastic, it's world-changing. The Terrex MyShelter PrimaLoft Hooded Jacket has classic Adidas styling and all the good looks you could want.
Impact Alpha
NOVEMBER 16, 2023
ImpactAlpha, November 16 — The growth of textile-recycling ventures in recent years has been fueled, in part, by a rapid increase in textile. The post SuperCircle scores $7 million to help fashion brands and retailers reduce textile waste appeared first on ImpactAlpha.
Inhabitat - Innovation
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So it makes sense that a name like Surfrider is a perfect match with #Tide Ocean and the fashion company MVMT. In the fight against pollution and environmental waste, there are many levels of similarly-minded people in government, nonprofit, for-profit and community all working towards the same goals.
Business Green
FEBRUARY 2, 2021
Fashion industry has 'failed to make headway' in curbing its damage on the environment and dependence on fossil fuels, campaigners warn. The fashion industry is fuelling the climate emergency and waste crisis through its huge and growing addiction to synthetic fibres made from carbon-intensive fossil fuels.
Forbes Green Tech
MARCH 18, 2021
Some industry leaders have postulated a future with no need to grow raw cotton and a fashion industry that thrives on recycled and upcycled materials alone.
TechXplore
NOVEMBER 1, 2023
The vast waste and pollution caused by the fashion industry has made recycling clothes a top priority, but only now are simple tasks like pulling the sole off a shoe being done by machines.
Impact Alpha
AUGUST 31, 2023
based Refiberd is looking to bring “true textile circularity” to the fashion industry. million for AI-driven textile waste sorting for recyclers appeared first on ImpactAlpha. ImpactAlpha, August 31 — Cupertino, Calif.-based Refiberd’s AI-based imaging, which detects. The post Refiberd raises $3.4
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