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Affordable and sustainable fashion trends for fall

AGreenLiving

They’re perfect in all weather situations, and they complement every fall 2020 trend from velvet blouses to platform boots. It uses eco-friendly materials like recycled cotton and non-toxic dyes. Using recycled jewelry and recycled packaging, Bario Neal traces its entire supply chain and sources fair-trade materials.

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Eco-friendly Everlasting Forest Pavilion champions circular living in Bangkok

AGreenLiving

For this year’s Bangkok Design Week, which took place in February 2020, Thai design firm Plural Designs created the Everlasting Forest Pavilion, a temporary, tunnel-like structure built of biodegradable materials that promotes sustainable ideas and products to the public. The pavilion also includes a rest zone.

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Tires are saving us — and killing us, too

The Verge: Energy

Bridgestone’s goal is also 2050 but is introducing models now with an increased focus on sustainability, like the Turanza EV , made of 50 percent renewable and recycled materials. Dunlop is promising 40 percent of its tires will be renewable by the end of this decade and 100 percent by 2050. One such toxin is 6PPD-quinone.

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‘We can’t recycle our way out’

Grist

Other concerns center on the greenhouse gas emissions of the chemical recycling process and, in the case of turning plastics into fuels, burning the end products, and whether those climate costs are less than those caused by creating virgin plastic. on Wednesday, April 10, 2013. “How Englund asks. You know, hey, it’s just milk.”.

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The durable Solo New York backpack can accompany all of your adventures

AGreenLiving

Through an environmentally friendly process, the plastic bottles are finely shredded and re-spun into durable and lightweight recycled PET polyester yarn. According to Solo New York, this recycled material reduces energy use by 50%, water use by 20% and air pollution by 60%. in 1940 with his family.

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The durable Solo New York backpack can accompany all of your adventures

AGreenLiving

Through an environmentally friendly process, the plastic bottles are finely shredded and re-spun into durable and lightweight recycled PET polyester yarn. According to Solo New York, this recycled material reduces energy use by 50%, water use by 20% and air pollution by 60%. in 1940 with his family.

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How to Build and Retrofit a Sustainable Home

Green Business Bureau

Recycled plastic used in construction offers a building material that has a lower carbon footprint and is stronger than brick, all while tackling our plastic waste problem ( 367 million metric tons produced globally in 2020). Compared to trees, hemp grows roughly 50 times faster and requires less area to grow.