08 Dec Power plant can run on clothing
A power plant in Sweden is converting to burning trash – including unusable clothing from retailer H&M....
Recycling
06 Dec 3D-printed public furniture is fully recyclable
A design studio in the Netherlands uses 3D printing to turn plastic waste into public furniture that encourages citizens to co-operate....
28 Nov Stella McCartney and Ellen MacArthur team up to tackle fashion waste
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in Circular economy, ethical living, Fast fashion, Recycling, Sustainable business, Sustainable fashion, Waste, Wear
Ethical fashion figurehead and circular economy pioneer call for bold action on throwaway fashion, as new data reveals less than one per cent of clothing is recycled into new garments....
20 Nov This tech startup is trying to tackle waste in Africa
As of 2016, Nairobi was producing around 2,400 tons of waste every day but only 38 percent of that trash was collected and less than 10 percent was recycled....
17 Nov Bid to build boat out of plastic waste to combat pollution in Kenya
A team in Kenya is using recycled plastic planks to build the boat, which they hope to sail to South Africa when it is finished....
10 Nov Come plastic fishing with us
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in Do, Environment, ethical living, Ocean conservation, Plastic bottles, plastic waste, Recycling, Waste
'Poly-Mer' is the world’s first recycled plastic boat, made from 99% recycled plastic waste. Poly-Mer is part of a new wave of Plastic Fishing trips taking place in and around London's Docklands to fish plastic out of the river....
09 Nov New shelters aid refugees with recycled plastics
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in Environment, ethical living, Ocean waste, plastic waste, Recycling, Sustainability, Waste
A new shelter design built of recycled plastics may provide more humane living conditions for refugees....
16 Oct Four solutions to the disposable coffee cup problem
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in Green tech, plastic waste, Pollution, Recycling, Sustainability, Sustainable consumption
Here are four ways the coffee cup waste problem might be tackled....
02 Oct Meet the scientists who have made coffee cups recyclable
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in Drink, Environment, ethical living, Green tech, Ocean waste, plastic waste, Read, Recycling, Sustainable business
Only one per cent of the 2.5 billion paper coffee cups used in the UK each year are recycled, currently....
02 Oct These Adidas are made from recycled ocean plastic, and they’re the most comfortable running sneakers I’ve tried
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in Environment, ethical living, Ocean waste, Plastic bottles, plastic waste, Recycling, Sustainable business, Sustainable fashion
So we've established that the Adidas x Parley shoes are a great idea from an ecological standpoint — but are they still great shoes?...