Green Business Bureau

APRIL 21, 2021

Sustainable Fashion Starts With Eliminating Toxic Fast Fashion. The use of toxic chemicals threatens the progress of creating a truly sustainable fashion industry. This is exacerbated in the fast fashion industry where there are shorter product life cycles, increased waste, and less consideration for the environment.

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AGreenLiving

APRIL 17, 2020

Sometimes, being disruptive is fashionable. As for Archivist, a sustainable clothing company, its business plan counts on being disruptive in the name of fashion and corporate responsibility. The answer inspired a campaign to turn used bedding into sustainable fashion. Archivist Photography by Arturo Bamboo via Archivist.

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Greenability Magazine

AUGUST 4, 2020

EarthHero sells organic cotton, reusable kids face masks that are shipped plastic free in recycled packaging. Donate items you can’t use to a school backpack program or locate a place to recycle them. In the Kansas City metro area, RecycleSpot can help you locate a nearby recycler for many items. Look for soy-based crayons.

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Green Business Bureau

JANUARY 10, 2022

In another report , the European Commission conducted a website sweep to analyze online green claims from various business sectors including garments and fashion, cosmetics, and household equipment. It’s deceptive to make degradable claims if the items do not completely decompose in a solid waste stream within a year. Free Claims.

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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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AGreenLiving

JULY 15, 2021

“Sustainability is our north star,” said KADA, a clothing company leading the charge in corporate responsibility and change within the notoriously wasteful fashion industry. KADA is a Boston-based company, and every decision it makes revolves around waste reduction.

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Unsustainable

JUNE 17, 2020

It’s incredibly versatile, strong, sustainably grown, and biodegradable. Normally, the stems and leaves become unproductive waste with over 1 billion kilograms thrown out year. This makes it easier to separate them from the waste areas of the plant. Regardless of its use, banana products are recyclable and bio-degradable.

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AGreenLiving

DECEMBER 9, 2019

To combat some of this waste, try your hand at decking the halls with DIY, zero-waste decor from November all the way through the new year. While most of this waste comes from gift packaging and shopping (if you haven’t already switched to reusable bags, now is the time to start!), Not to mention, they look great, too!

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Climate Tech VC

AUGUST 10, 2023

fashion industry , which accounts for ~10% of global CO2 emissions —more than aviation and shipping combined. Read more about the industry’s footprint in our sustainable fashion deep dive ]. The end product today is biodegradable, and what we're making is identical. spinning, weaving, and knitting).

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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

DECEMBER 16, 2021

These shoes are made from apple leather, a sustainably manufactured, bio-based plant leather using apple waste from Tyrol, Italy. Together they designed these super comfortable, vegan and biodegradable sneakers, featuring the world’s first hemp insole. These deodorants also come in 100% biodegradable tubes.

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AGreenLiving

JUNE 26, 2020

The fashion industry deserves a harsh slap on the wrist for how its manufacturing impacts the environment. From the overconsumption of resources to water pollution to material waste, it’s refreshing when companies take corporate responsibility and show concern for nature.

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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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Green Business Bureau

APRIL 21, 2021

Sustainable Fashion Starts With Eliminating Toxic Fast Fashion. The use of toxic chemicals threatens the progress of creating a truly sustainable fashion industry. This is exacerbated in the fast fashion industry where there are shorter product life cycles, increased waste, and less consideration for the environment.

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Green Business Bureau

JANUARY 10, 2022

In another report , the European Commission conducted a website sweep to analyze online green claims from various business sectors including garments and fashion, cosmetics, and household equipment. It’s deceptive to make degradable claims if the items do not completely decompose in a solid waste stream within a year. Free Claims.

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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. Degradable / Biodegradable. 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'.

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Green Business Bureau

APRIL 27, 2021

Petite Lucette Launches a Sustainable and Circular Fashion Brand . Launched in 2014, Petite Lucette is a sustainable and circular fashion brand founded by French sisters, Anaïs and Clémence. Petite Lucette further combats the plastic crisis by shipping orders in recyclable boxes with recycled tissue paper.

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AGreenLiving

DECEMBER 30, 2019

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. The shirt is currently available for $85 and will be sent in biodegradable packaging. PANGAIA Images via PANGAIA.

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AGreenLiving

DECEMBER 2, 2019

For people striving for zero-waste and plastic-free living The greenUP subscription is curated to minimize dependence on disposable plastic. Even the company’s website emphasizes a plastic-free lifestyle, “so there’s less plastic waste ending up on our beaches and in our oceans.”

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Green Business Bureau

APRIL 28, 2021

The World Needs a More Sustainable Fashion Industry. Sustainable fashion is our only option. The future of our planet, maintaining adequate resources, and protecting human rights all depend on our toxic fashion industry evolving to a more sustainable and circular fashion industry. Demand for Sustainable Fashion.

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Grist

APRIL 19, 2023

California-based companyIntrinsic Advanced Materials sells a pre-treatment, added to fabrics during manufacturing, that it claims helps polyester and nylon biodegrade in seawater within years rather than decades. New ideas to dispose of clothes are also emerging, though some will cause arched eyebrows among environmentalists. This year U.S.

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Grist

MARCH 13, 2024

“The age of plastic began because it mimicked other things, and the functionality was so good that it became its own thing,” fashion designer Uyen Tran told Grist, when we interviewed her for our 2023 Grist 50 list. Shrimp shells: TômTex’s bio fabrics are made out of the waste from mushrooms and shrimp shells.

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AGreenLiving

DECEMBER 28, 2021

As the world moves toward slow fashion, even your accessories deserve to be chosen thoughtfully, including watches. In addition to using sustainable materials such as certified recycled stainless steel and eco-friendly vegan leather, Solios also has a robust Giving Back Program.

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Green Business Bureau

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

Do you think addressing food waste in the office is too much of a bother? Doesn’t most waste happen in our households, restaurants and other food institutions? Reports show that most of America’s food waste comes from consumers – of which 60% makes up the workforce. How to Prevent Food Waste in the Workplace.

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AGreenLiving

APRIL 28, 2021

Related: Bamboo Compression Socks offer support via natural and recycled materials Known for its popular weighted blankets made of luxury bamboo lyocell, bedding company Luxome is now offering bamboo pillows (that are actually adjustable!) and bamboo sheets, using both non-toxic and sustainable materials.

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AGreenLiving

JUNE 14, 2021

-based company aims to make your home and pool lounging both opulent and eco-friendly with vegan silk-based products that draw attention to sustainability in material selection, manufacturing practices and post-consumer waste. The plant uses only recycled water for a closed-loop system. ” Bracco said.

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AGreenLiving

DECEMBER 23, 2021

Now it’s also becoming infamous for its dunes of discarded fast fashion. Related: Over 80 fashion brands linked to Amazon deforestation Up to 59,000 tons of unsold clothes make their way from the U.S. Clothing takes hundred of years to biodegrade, if it ever does at all. Fast fashion stacks up in Chile’s Atacama Desert.

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AGreenLiving

APRIL 3, 2020

Environmentally conscious clothing companies are few and far between, with the fashion industry as a whole being one of the top polluters on Earth. The non-toxic, natural dyes are made from food waste, plants, fruits and vegetables to achieve the richly toned hues.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 26, 2020

As the world is now seeing with the net zero transition, the deforestation crisis, and, of course, the avalanche of plastic waste, the final part of the journey is the hardest. The packaging is made from 80 per cent recycled content and a minimum of 30 per cent of the weight of the tray is made up of ocean-bound plastic.

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Green Tech Challenge

MARCH 1, 2019

If there’s one sector that can make me cringe like the sound of nails on a blackboard - it’s the fashion industry. I know how many people love fashion, love trends, love shopping. Damn, my closest female friend holds a long education and career in fashion. However; to me, fashion is just plain ugly.

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Green Business Bureau

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Part of that adaptation has been to minimize waste and champion efficiency. The aim is to match business supply with demand to prevent resource and stock waste. For instance, the shoe retailer Rothy’s manufactures footwear from ocean plastic waste. To survive, business has had to adapt.

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Green Business Bureau

AUGUST 17, 2022

Join names like Starbucks, Dunkin’, Mcdonald’s, and hundreds of others in this effort to keep up with the demand for coffee in a sustainable fashion. Your aim is to significantly decrease – or eliminate – the number of single-use cups you’re distributing to eliminate waste from your business.

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Envirotec Magazine

AUGUST 18, 2021

If the average smoker discards just half of their unwanted cigarettes, that’s 3,600 butts a year, butts made of non-biodegradable cellulose acetate — a type of plastic. But cigarette butts do not degrade – and throwing them down the storm drain doesn’t solve the problem; it just moves it on for someone else to clean and sort out.

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AGreenLiving

DECEMBER 13, 2021

Whether your goal is to find natural materials, support small businesses, ensure Fair Trade, limit waste, or all of the above, we’ve got some gift ideas for the special person in your life. Several styles feature Better Cotton Initiative-certified or recycled cotton. Other styles incorporate recycled rubber. Nena and Co.

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Green Business Bureau

DECEMBER 28, 2022

We explain our current waste crisis in detail, before defining an effective business waste management strategy to reduce packaging waste. Use the links below to navigate this guide: The need for sustainable packaging: Giving perspective to our waste crisis. The 6 types of retail packaging waste. That is, 17.6

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Business Green

AUGUST 11, 2020

Guy Fennell, cofounder of environmentally friendly baby wipe company Pura, talks to BusinessGreen about his plans to disrupt the wasteful baby care industry with kerbside nappy recycling and plastic-free baby wipes. Guy and Abi Fennell have had a busy year.

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AGreenLiving

DECEMBER 1, 2021

Gifts, holiday products, and everyday items are made to order for freshness and to reduce waste. Packaging is also environmentally-friendly with the use of recycled post-consumer materials and refill systems for products to minimize waste. It’s zero-waste, biodegradable and handcrafted.

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