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EU Digital Product Passports aim to track items through the product life-cycle

Envirotec Magazine

For example, digital links accessible through a unique product identifier will need to be added to the products themselves rather than outer packaging or tags. Interested parties should be able to access information relating to raw materials, manufacturers, distributors, retailers, and recycling options.

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Efficient Tactics for Minimizing Your Carbon Footprint During a Move

The Environmental Blog

Usually, it’s an overwhelming endeavor accompanied by mounds of waste. Furthermore, by plotting your move in advance, you can tap into community resources , like local groups or online forums, to share and exchange packing materials, thus cutting down on waste and expenses. Consider the moving process, too.

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How Europe could become a major hub for textile recycling

Business Green

Regulation, consumer demand and shareholders are pushing for more recycled textiles. Imagine if a significant portion of the textiles that cannot be reused in their current form could be recycled. Fashion companies need to set ambitious targets for recycling textiles and designing for circularity.

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Mercurial matter: Puzzling out PFAS removal in landfill

Envirotec Magazine

The tag “forever chemicals” is clearly very appropriate for a class of synthetic compounds whose unusual molecular structure, including the carbon-fluorine (C-F) bond (considered one of the strongest found in organic chemistry), appears to offer little scope for any thermal or other degradation at all, so they endure permanently.

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This unisex T-shirt is naturally dyed with Japanese cherry blossoms

AGreenLiving

Acutely aware of the massive waste in the textile industry, material development company PANGAIA (pronounced Pan-guy-ya) uses plants to make natural fabric dyes, skipping the need for harsh, synthetic additives. PANGAIA reports its “supplier dyes textiles in a way that uses less water, is non-toxic and biodegradable.”

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This unisex T-shirt is naturally dyed with Japanese cherry blossoms

AGreenLiving

Acutely aware of the massive waste in the textile industry, material development company PANGAIA (pronounced Pan-guy-ya) uses plants to make natural fabric dyes, skipping the need for harsh, synthetic additives. PANGAIA reports its “supplier dyes textiles in a way that uses less water, is non-toxic and biodegradable.”

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Goat Organic Apparel supports human rights and sustainability

AGreenLiving

Proudly transparent about the conditions under which its clothing is made, Goat recently launched a T-shirt where they placed the apparel tags on the outside of the garment. This means providing fair wages, no slave labor, safe working conditions, reasonable work hours and no discrimination.

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