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”.

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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.

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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.

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Inhabitat - Innovation

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

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.

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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?

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GreenBiz

NOVEMBER 6, 2020

From design to recycling, opportunities abound to make solar more circular. Like any industry, the solar industry has unique machinery and equipment; specifically, its photovoltaic (PV) cells have silicon, metal, glass and plastic components that are melded together in order to create a functioning solar panel. Myisha Majumder.

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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 !

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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.

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Green Living Guy

MAY 31, 2022

Adidas launches its SS22 Tennis Collection, a high-performance tennis apparel line featuring graphics inspired by Paris’ botanical gardens and green spaces, garments in the collection were made either in part with Parley Ocean Plastic or in part with recycled content.

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GreenBiz

MARCH 5, 2021

percent gets recycled and used again. Creating a circular economy for textiles means shifting to recycled and recyclable materials in order to reduce the amount of land, water and fossil fuels used to produce new clothes. We would need 1.5 Earths to sustainably support our current resource use. Reduce emissions.

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Inhabitat - Innovation

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

Modern methods of fashion have led to worldwide global catastrophe. The plastics, the waste, the non-recyclable materials…it has all added up to the biggest environmental crisis humankind has ever faced. WAMA Underwear is turning to hemp, one of the most sustainable fabrics in the world.

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AGreenLiving

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. It’s also part of Adidas’ commitment to end plastic waste all over the world. It’s made with 100% recycled fiber and uses a no-dye technology.

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Inhabitat - Innovation

OCTOBER 25, 2019

Related: SAOLA offers sustainable sneakers sourced from algae and recycled plastic + Roya Aghighi Via Dezeen biogarmentry, roya aghighi, living clothes eco fashion, eco clothing

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Green Business Bureau

SEPTEMBER 19, 2019

Retailers need to make the switch from plastic shopping bags to eco-friendly alternatives. Plastic bags are not biodegradable and can last over a 1000 years. Plastic bags are so lightweight that they can travel long distances through the wind and water. Customers demand non-plastic alternatives. Stop harming wildlife.

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AGreenLiving

FEBRUARY 3, 2020

The growing demand for recycled polyester, coupled with a limited supply, signals scarcity and competition ahead. Excerpt from: Adidas is latest fashion company hoping to weave recycled plastic into garments.

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Business Green

MARCH 25, 2022

Fashion industry certification schemes, labels, and initiatives aimed at steering the sector towards greener practices have been accused of facilitating 'greenwashing', after an investigation concluded that none of the leading sustainability schemes assessed were up to scratch. The impacts of the fashion sector on the planet are significant.

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GreenBiz

AUGUST 31, 2020

Also, we helped design clothes with natural and monofibers that are recyclable. Our recycling partnerships are local here in the U.S. Salubata is a Nigerian startup that creates modular shoes from recycled plastic waste. Salubata is a Nigerian startup that creates modular shoes from recycled plastic waste.

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Envirotec Magazine

JULY 27, 2022

The first step is removing the metallic coating from the plastic beneath using a chemical process and adhesive tape. The sensors can communicate with a smartphone via Bluetooth. When you pick up your hair on your clothes with sticky tape, that is essentially the same mechanism,” Koh said. “We

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Business Green

APRIL 13, 2021

New UBS analysis warns consumption of fast fashion items is likely to decline by up to 30 per cent over the coming decade as consumers increasingly embrace more sustainable fashion choices. Recent trends arond plastic waste and 'flight shame' demonstrate that ESG-related behavioural changes can happen "extremely quickly", it notes.

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Envirotec Magazine

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

This, in turn, is dehydrated to create ethylene – a stage of the process handled by Technip Energies – and this ethylene is then polymerized – by circular plastics expert Borealis – to produce EVA (ethylene vinyl acetate), in the form of small plastic pellets, which then enter On’s production process for the creation of the CleanCloud foam material.

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AGreenLiving

JULY 7, 2021

The Barbie Loves the Ocean line includes three fashion dolls, a playset and accessories made from 90% recycled ocean-bound plastic parts sourced within 50 kilometers of waterways in areas that are lacking formal waste collection systems. View post: Mattel reveals new Barbie made from recycled ocean-bound plastic.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 26, 2022

Firms representing more than $857bn in combined revenues have now signed up to the CanopyStyle initiative which aims to eliminate destruction of endangered and ancient forests from fashion supply chains. Such forests are both critical ecosystems for plants and nature, while also acting as significant natural stores of carbon.

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AGreenLiving

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).

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CleanTech Group

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

In the coming years, enzymatic recycling will play a crucial role in solving the challenges of the fashion, apparel, and textile industries, as.

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GreenBiz

DECEMBER 4, 2020

Recycled plastic: There’s market demand, but where’s the supply? Biodiversity in fashion (37:35) . Recycling's makeover, courtesy of AI and robotics. Episode 247: Biden wish lists, supporting 'intersectional environmentalists'. Heather Clancy. Fri, 12/04/2020 - 02:00. Week in Review. Stories discussed this week (7:35).

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 7, 2020

Sweaty Betty has launched a new recycling service for old leggings, allowing customers to return used sportswear for recycling or re-use. The retailer stressed that it "is not in the business of fast fashion" and that its garments are engineered to last years.

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Business Green

JULY 6, 2021

Research reveals that just 19 policies have been introduced to tackle negative impacts of fast fashion since 2007 - compared to 689 to try and tackle obesity. The huge environmental and social impact of the fashion industry is becoming ever more apparent," he said. "If

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AGreenLiving

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

Award-winning conceptual material designer Shahar Livne collaborated with fashion design company Balenciaga to create a new line of jewelry made from recycled ocean plastic. The company sources plastic materials from all over the world, focusing mainly in Southeast Asia, where it says 60% of the world’s ocean plastic originates.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 14, 2021

Biotech company announces partnership with global fashion giant Inditex to deliver textiles made from captured carbon emissions. LanzaTech specialises in capturing carbon emissions from industrial facilities and converting the captured CO2 into low carbon fuels and materials, including sustainable aviation fuels and plastics.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 2, 2020

Companies across the fashion industry have deployed pilots for circular - or more sustainable - products, but too often they stop there. The fashion industry is damaging to the planet - it's responsible for 10 per cent of the world's carbon emissions. But there are companies both large and small trying to solve this problem.

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AGreenLiving

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

So it makes sense that a name like Surfrider is a perfect match with #Tide Ocean and the fashion company MVMT. MVMT released a minimalist-style wristwatch that is solar powered and features a case, strap and buckle made entirely from reclaimed ocean plastic pollution. MVMT is an accessories company that’s on an environmental mission.

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Business Green

JULY 7, 2023

French startup Carbios, US firm Protein Evolution and Australian venture Samsara Eco are three early-stage companies pioneering enzymatic approaches to recycling textiles

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Low Impact

NOVEMBER 4, 2020

Explore how to reduce plastic use in the kitchen, living area, bedroom, bathroom and even the garden, with the help of our friends at Ethical.net. Plastic packaging is, of course, not the end of the story; most of us also have a huge array of plastic items in our homes. Reduce plastic use in your kitchen.

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AGreenLiving

DECEMBER 2, 2019

Patagonia is setting the bar for high-quality and sustainable products with its new line of bags made from recycled plastic bottles. Even better, the bags help reduce the amount of plastic that ends up in landfills every year. Even better, the bags help reduce the amount of plastic that ends up in landfills every year.

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Business Green

JUNE 6, 2022

BusinessGreen gets a behind-the-scenes look at the fast fashion company's new green range. A growing band of major fashion retailers have pledged to achieve net zero emissions and overhaul their design and manufacturing processes to make the notoriously resource intensive industry more sustainable.

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The Environmental Blog

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

This important concept is emerging as a key ingredient of a mindful and fashionable lifestyle, impacting both the makers and users of home textiles. What is Recycled Polyester? Recycled polyester is made from discarded plastic bottles, not just reducing plus-based waste but also conserving precious resources.

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Greentown Labs

MAY 16, 2023

Michael Fletcher and Kristeen Reynolds are bringing their passion for sneaker culture, circularity, and community engagement to the pavement with DrinKicks —a startup turning food waste and recycled materials into shoes with 89 percent lower carbon emissions than their cow-leather counterparts. Can’t wait to get your hands on a pair?

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