AFN Sustainable Protein

DECEMBER 1, 2022

takes a look at the extent of the UK’s food waste with food insecurity as a background and presents food upcycling as a solution to this waste. Further, almost 100,000 tonnes of food is wasted annually, by UK retail outlets and its food manufacturing sector. Nature’s solution to food waste: insects as upcyclers.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 7, 2022

Catherine David, Director Collaboration and Change WRAP, “The clothing and textiles sector has the fourth largest environmental impact on the planet * and that’s why WRAP is working with the UK’s biggest retailers and brands to address this through the ambitious targets of Textiles 2030.

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Envirotec Magazine

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

As passenger numbers slowly increase and with 60% of station retailers now open, those travelling by train or visiting the stations can make use of the bright orange bins to recycle any paper coffee cups purchased during their journey.

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GreenBiz

MAY 12, 2020

How cosmetics retailer Lush is making purposeful profit through circularity. But the accelerated growth of the retail industry has come at a cost. With a growing range of naked products came an opportunity to evolve a new retail experience with the rollout of Naked Shops in Milan, Berlin, Hong Kong and Manchester. Katrina Shum.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

B-Stock's Hannah Prangnell sets out the ways retailers and consumers can create a more circular furniture economy. Consequently, furniture retailers are coming under immense scrutiny from governments and consumers alike to be environmentally responsible as people look for less impactful ways to buy goods.

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Forbes Green Tech

MARCH 18, 2021

Some industry leaders have postulated a future with no need to grow raw cotton and a fashion industry that thrives on recycled and upcycled materials alone.

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Green Business Bureau

MAY 4, 2021

After they have reached their full potential as a garment and can not be upcycled into new clothing, they can be transferred to another industry and be used as primary material to create something else. A circular system is one that creates products, consumes them, and then reuses or recycles them before they are deemed waste.

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The Environmental Blog

MARCH 1, 2023

Online stores and retailers like Lowe’s also offer special wood orders with no added formaldehyde. Check out this sample of an upcycled kitchen with plywood cabinets. Where to purchase reclaimed wood cabinets You can find eco-friendly kitchen cabinets at many stores and online retailers like Etsy and Wayfair.

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AGreenLiving

JUNE 29, 2020

Green design start-up Ottan Studio is committed to producing upcycled decor out of food and green waste. The process works by first collecting waste from places such as local retailer companies, food producers and greenhouses before cleaning, drying and grinding the materials.

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AFN Sustainable Protein

AUGUST 25, 2022

The company sources this food waste — which it likes to call “organic byproduct”– from food processors, retail food chains, and fruit markets. This led them to start projects in paper and plastic upcycling but then they came to another realisation; that food waste was considered a negative value resource.

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Green Business Bureau

AUGUST 16, 2022

Tip #4: Retail and merchandise sales. For instance, Adidas and the National Hockey League have created all-star jerseys from upcycled and repurposed materials to push for sustainability. Many programs and teams should follow in their footsteps and create team jerseys from upcycled materials.

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Green Business Bureau

AUGUST 12, 2021

Architectural salvage retailers exist throughout the entire United States. A good list of retailers can be found here. UpCycle – Austin, Texas. Some of their “Green Cement” products include upcycled construction and demolition materials. Cheaper transportation costs if bought locally.

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Business Green

MAY 21, 2021

Today, the company launched its ReBird platform , a centralised hub on the company site that gives customers an inside look at its circular initiatives - from upcycling and resale to care and repair. Its products are distributed through more than 3,000 retail locations worldwide, including over 80 branded stores.

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Green Business Bureau

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

Your local reclaimed lumber dealer or architectural salvage retailer is your best option as it supports the local economy, requires fewer miles to transport the lumber to your building site and it allows you to have a look at the lumber in person and know exactly the quality you’re getting. Renewable, recycled or upcycled.

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AGreenLiving

DECEMBER 10, 2019

Related: 17 easy ways to upcycle worn out sweaters “We don’t want to stop people dressing up and having a great time at Christmas, but there are so many ways to do this without buying new,” Sarah Divall, the project coordinator at Hubbub, told The Guardian. Why not swap with family, friends, housemates or workmates? See more here:Â .

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AGreenLiving

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

This fall, online retailer ASOS is launching its first collection of circular fashions. The collection also makes use of upcycling , or turning something old into something new. A collaboration with the Centre for Sustainable Fashion , the 29 women’s, men’s and unisex styles aim to prove that eco-friendly clothing can also be chic.

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Green Business Bureau

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

New partnership spotlights sustainability initiatives at Denver, Seattle, Modesto, Berkeley retail stores. This new partnership with GBB ensures that Royal Robbins four retail stores are gold-level certified – a designation that recognizes efforts each store has made to improve sustainability practices. About Royal Robbins®.

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GreenBiz

OCTOBER 14, 2020

Now that we socially-distance, we need different ways of engaging with audiences, from the first point of creation and design to retail and engaging the consumer. It has set three Action Goals to be achieved by 2021: recirculate 100,000 fashion item; tokenize 10,000 fashion items on the blockchain; and upcycle 1,000 pairs of sneakers.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

Starbucks is widening its embrace of circular practices and healthful interiors by expanding its Greener Stores internationally and open sourcing the framework's underlying tools for other retailers to replicate. Half of the store's interior materials will be recycled or upcycled. From LEED to Greener Stores.

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AGreenLiving

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

To celebrate the inauguration of Green Pea, Italy’s first dedicated green retail park, Cristina Celestina of Pianca recently presented Calatea Green, a chair that follows a circular economy model.

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AGreenLiving

MAY 19, 2021

Today, the company launched its ReBird platform , a centralized hub on the company site that gives customers an inside look at its circular initiatives — from upcycling and resale to care and repair. Its products are distributed through more than 3,000 retail locations worldwide, including over 80 branded stores.

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AGreenLiving

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

This fall, online retailer ASOS is launching its first collection of circular fashions. The collection also makes use of upcycling , or turning something old into something new. A collaboration with the Centre for Sustainable Fashion , the 29 women’s, men’s and unisex styles aim to prove that eco-friendly clothing can also be chic.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

The e-commerce giant is inviting early-stage sustainability start-ups to apply for the latest round of its accelerator programme Tech and retail giant Amazon has announced it is today launching the second round of its Amazon Sustainability Accelerator - a 12-week bespoke programme which is designed to help green start ups expand their businesses.

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AGreenLiving

MARCH 24, 2020

This is the first in Adidas’ Terrex Free Hiker collection to incorporate Parley Ocean Plastic yarn, which is made from upcycled plastic waste collected from coastal areas. The men’s and women’s designs weigh just 400 grams and 340 grams, respectively, and will retail for $200. Adidas Images via Adidas.

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GreenBiz

MAY 27, 2020

Millions of consumers are putting off retail purchases and looking at the stuff in their closets and cabinets and desktops in a very different way. There’s got to be a better design solution to address end of life, how [products] can easily be refurbished, upcycled and disassembled. works hands-on with denim, zippers and buttons.

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Business Green

JUNE 6, 2022

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. The collection is, in theory, a taster of Asos' entire product range if the retailer is to achieve its 2030 sustainability goals.

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AGreenLiving

NOVEMBER 27, 2019

While smaller, sustainably minded companies may not have a flashy ads online or on the TV, they are out there and will often offer discounts on Black Friday and Cyber Monday just like the giant box retailers. You just have to do a little bit of searching. Images via Shutterstock. Here is the original:Â .

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Green Business Bureau

AUGUST 6, 2021

If buying locally is not an option, then Thrive Market is a membership-based organic grocery retailer with an affordable price promise, diet personalization (i.e. a sofa that upcycles 200 plastic water bottles) and renewable sugar-based packaging. gluten-free) and carbon neutral shipping on all deliveries.

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AGreenLiving

DECEMBER 20, 2021

It is the world’s first mobile industrial-grade plastic trash upcycling platform. The Trashpresso unit is only the size of two industrial refrigerators and is designed to help with the collection, sorting and upcycling of plastic waste with a minimal air and water footprint. Miniwiz Images via World Design Organization.

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GreenBiz

NOVEMBER 6, 2020

We knew that we had to have a holistic approach to this solution, because it's not enough to just drop off 2,000 shippers to a retail company and say, 'Good luck getting these back.'. The package is returned to the retail company, which sanitizes it and then puts it back in rotation for another customer. "We million tons (29.9

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GreenBiz

DECEMBER 28, 2020

Retailers and brands are recognizing that if they don’t step in to help their producers and distributors, the links holding together those supply chains may crack in ways that aren’t easily repaired,” my colleague Elsa Wenzel reported back in June. Increased concern for farmers is also on the menu.

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AGreenLiving

JULY 28, 2021

Called XpreSole Panto, the boots are available in high-top or low-top options made with upcycled coffee grounds collected from local coffee shops in Taiwan. They can be found online, in select retail stores or in Ccilu stores worldwide. These accolades add to the total of 12 awards for the company’s products since 2017.

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Green Business Bureau

DECEMBER 28, 2022

Eco friendly retail packaging guide. In this Green Business Bureau eco friendly retail packaging guide, we explore sustainable packaging solutions for 6 of the most common types of packaging materials used. Retail packaging defined: The impact of packaging waste and the rise of the ethical consumer. of total MSW generated.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

Online fashion retailer has trained its designers in making its clothing and jewellery more sustainable, recyclable and reusable. Where possible, the company is also encourang the use 'upcycle' of techniques that reuse old products to create "something new".

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AGreenLiving

OCTOBER 14, 2020

“Now that we socially-distance, we need different ways of engaging with audiences, from the first point of creation and design to retail and engaging the consumer. It has set three Action Goals to be achieved by 2021: recirculate 100,000 fashion item; tokenize 10,000 fashion items on the blockchain; and upcycle 1,000 pairs of sneakers.

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Green Market Oracle

NOVEMBER 29, 2019

Millions of shoppers will flock to retail outlets as part of an annual consumer frenzy. Buying used products or those made from upcycled, or recycled content, is a good way to decrease the resource inputs. Rather than feed the frenzy some retailers are opting out of the Black Friday madness.

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Green Business Bureau

APRIL 28, 2021

The fashion manufacturers, suppliers, brands and retailers must all do their part to address the changes required. This consumption demand has driven fashion retailers to producing almost twice the amount of clothing than they did in 2000. . Establish a repair or upcycling program. Demand for Sustainable Fashion.

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