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These bags are made with Fairtrade Certified organic cotton

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Each travel, duffle, shopping and computer bag that hits the stores adds to the ongoing use of synthetic fibers, environmental pollution and waste. Related: Cariloha luxury textiles use organic, sustainable bamboo Its approach towards this goal is multifaceted, starting with the materials sourced for its product line.

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The most Instagrammable vegan beauty products on the market

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The benefits of personal care and caring for the planet often overlap — drinking water instead of manufactured beverages, buying clothing made from natural fibers and using clean, cruelty-free beauty products. Ingredients are sourced throughout Iceland, drawing from botanicals and pollution -free Icelandic glacial water.

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9 tips for eco-friendly Black Friday, Cyber Monday shopping

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Related: Avoid the crowds with these 10 alternatives to Black Friday shopping Support sustainable companies More and more companies are working to source natural materials and manufacture products in a sustainable way. Select natural fibers for sheets, towels, blankets and clothing. Images via Shutterstock. Here is the original:Â .

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Bio-recycling gets fashionable with enzymes that will eat your shoes

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The consortium aims to develop the industry's first large-scale fiber-to-fiber polyester recycling system, a process that could play a meaningful role in circularity in fashion. This design complexity makes our clothes and shoes notoriously difficult to recycle using conventional technologies.

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These recycled plastic tracksuits are naturally dyed with plants

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. “All trims, labels and threads are either recycled or responsibly sourced.” For example, it has produced a seaweed fiber that is naturally organic and easily biodegradable, and the company spent 10 years developing FLWRDWN, a goose and duck down alternative made from flowers.

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Can a tiger change its stripes? Meet the pulp and paper giant bankrolling a huge Sumatran rainforest reserve

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APRIL Group - or Asia Pacific Resources International Holdings Ltd, to give it its full name - is a massive manufacturer of wood pulp and fiber, the basis of myriad everyday products from office printing paper and packaging to tea bags and viscose fabrics. The company is continuing to expand and diversify, too.