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Outdoor gear company Arc'teryx flies toward a circular economy

GreenBiz

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. The company is upcycling materials from a jacket line to create new products. Circular strategy in motion. Courtesy of.

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Greentown Go Build 2023 with Saint-Gobain Announces Startup Cohort

Greentown Labs

Carbon Upcycling Technologies (Calgary, Alberta, Canada) is a circular-decarbonization solution for hard-to-abate industries–-utilizing low-purity industrial CO 2 and industrial byproducts to decarbonize cement. develops an ultra-lightweight, flexible solar technology for the built environment. Endeavor Composites, Inc. Knoxville, Tenn.,

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Something borrowed? Selfridge's pilots second-hand, rental and repair wedding wear services

Business Green

Dubbed 'Resellfridges: The Wedding', the pop-up workshop is slated to run for five weeks, offering customers vintage wedding accessories and outfits, as well as helping customers upcycle old clothes or rent entire wedding party outfits, the retailer said yesterday.

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Report details progress with four trailblazing circularity projects, one year on

Envirotec Magazine

Key outcomes from each project are detailed below: DAME – Helping menstrual cups go mainstream   The perfect circular sustainable period product, the menstrual cup, has existed for decades, yet it remains a niche product that only 5% of people with periods use. 1 DAME aimed to break down the barriers to using menstrual cups.

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Amazon announces second Sustainability Accelerator competition

Business Green

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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Something borrowed? Selfridge's pilots second-hand, rental and repair wedding dress services

Business Green

Dubbed 'Resellfridges: The Wedding', the pop-up workshop is slated to run for five weeks, offering customers vintage wedding accessories and outfits, as well as helping customers upcycle old clothes or rent entire wedding party outfits, the retailer announced yesterday.

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London event will coach public on repair skills

Envirotec Magazine

Supported this year by partner Suez, Repair Week is billed as an annual celebration of handiness, featuring repair workshops, films, expert advice and a directory of repair services – all of which are intended to help people gain and grow their repairing skills, save money and help fight climate change.