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Easy Ways To Reduce Clothing Waste

10 Proven And Easy Ways To Reduce Clothing Waste

As a conscious consumer, you can easily make a positive impact on people, animals, and the planet by helping to reduce clothing waste. Through some easy changes, it's possible to...
The Time It Takes Clothes To Decompose In Landfills

The Time It Takes Clothes To Decompose In Landfills

Fashion waste is an extremely problematic social and environmental issue. Old clothes and other discarded textiles are piling up in landfills at an alarming rate. The fast fashion industry and...
The Time It Takes Clothes To Decompose In Landfills
money For Donating Clothes To Goodwill

Do You Get Money For Donating Clothes To Goodwill

Donating your unwanted clothes to Goodwill is a great way to protect the planet by reducing pollution and waste and help people in need. Does Goodwill give you money for...
Recycled Polyester Fabric Sustainability

The Truth About Recycled Polyester Fabric Sustainability

Recycled polyester is a fabric widely used in the textile and apparel industry to make fabrics for athletic and fashion clothing. It contains recycled plastic fibers made from polyester waste...
Recycled Polyester Fabric Sustainability
hyundai sustainable fashion collection

Hyundai New, Unique, Sustainable Fashion Pieces

Partnering with established fashion brands, car manufacturer Hyundai released a capsule collection featuring unique pieces made from recycled automotive waste, such as a handbag by Rosie Assoulin and a floral...
zero waste clothing brands

10 Best Affordable Zero Waste Clothing Brands

Zero waste clothing is challenging to create for fashion brands and hard to find for eco-conscious consumers. But reducing waste generated by garment manufacturing and distribution is necessary to make...
zero waste clothing brands
recycle old shoes jeans clothes

8 Easy Ways To Recycle Old Shoes And Clothes

Recycling old clothes and shoes is a great way to reduce the environmental footprint of fashion. It's much more sustainable than throwing them in the trash. Clothing is piling up...
fast fashion industry terrible facts

40 Awful Facts About Fast Fashion You Need To Know

Fast fashion is a global phenomenon that has been rapidly growing over the past 20 years. It has disastrous economic, social, and environmental impacts that the industry doesn't want you...
fast fashion industry terrible facts
uk sustainable fashion leader model

How To Make The UK A Leader In Sustainable Fashion

Environmental platform Hubbub published a report in September 2020 on behalf of the All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) for Ethics and Sustainability in Fashion. Titled "Making the UK a global leader...
fashion data zero waste startup

New Fashion Data Innovative Solution To Limit Waste

New French technology startup Fashion Data is offering an innovative solution to make the apparel industry Zero Waste. It provides clothing company with data and analytics to exactly produce what...
fashion data zero waste startup
easy ways reduce plastic waste

20 Proven And Easy Ways To Reduce Plastic Waste

Plastic offers many advantages as a cheap, durable material. However, one major problem with plastic is litter. Only a small portion of polyethylene plastic is ever recycled. And most plastic...
easy zero waste swaps

22 Easy Zero Waste Swaps You Need To Know

We are on the verge of a global social and environmental crisis. It's now, more than ever, crucial to adopt a Zero Waste lifestyle. All kinds of waste are piling...
easy zero waste swaps
recycled claim standard certified clothing

The Truth About The Recycled Claim Standard (RCS)

The Recycled Claim Standard (RCS) is a voluntary, international content claim standard that gives credibility to recycled material claims by tracking recycled input through the supply chain of products. The...
global recycled standard certified clothes

The Truth About The Global Recycled Standard (GRS)

The Global Recycled Standard (GRS) is an international standard that sets requirements for third-party certification of recycled input. The GRS is a full product standard that dictates social and environmental...
global recycled standard certified clothes
pineapple leather alternative pinatex

The Truth About Piñatex Pineapple Leather

Piñatex is a pioneer in leather alternatives made from cellulose fibers extracted from pineapple leaves. The material is a synthetic leather made from pineapple waste, much more ethical than real...
repack fashion packaging canada

How To Use RePack To Make Fashion Sustainable

Reusable, returnable, and rewarded packaging service RePack is launching in North America across Canada and the United States, after 5 years of successfully circulating reusable packaging in Europe with fashion...
repack fashion packaging canada
frugi recycled polyester clothing

Frugi Launched New Sustainable Essentials For Children

Organic clothing retailer Frugi is launching a new range of sustainable essentials for children. They are made of recycled polyester, manufactured from post-consumer plastic waste such as PET bottles. The...
econyl nylon fabric swimwear

The Truth About Econyl Fabric By Aquafil

Econyl is a regenerated nylon fabric first produced by Italian textile manufacturer Aquafil in 2011. It's an innovative material that encourages sustainability in the global textile and apparel industry. Econyl...
econyl nylon fabric swimwear
Tiempo De Zafra textile waste hat

Tiempo De Zafra Creates Beautiful Hats From Waste

Tiempo De Zafra is a fashion brand that creates custom on-demand designs from excess textile waste since 2018. This is an idea from Edgar Alejandro Garrido who aims to raise...
Winner Virgil Abloh Fashion Prize

The Amazing Winner of Virgil Abloh Fashion Prize

Rising designer Danielle Elsener won a USD 59,000 grand prize from Virgil Abloh and Evian. It's part of a new sustainability grant announced during New York Fashion Week. Virgil Abloh...
Winner Virgil Abloh Fashion Prize
women denim jean

The Amazing Denim Jean Revolution By Fraunhofer IAP

Conventional denim manufacturing is one of the most polluting processes in today's global fashion industry. A group of researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Polymer Research IAP in Potsdam,...
oave sportswear

How O'ave Makes Epic Eco Sportswear in Germany

O'ave is the latest sustainable sportswear brand from Germany. It creates environmentally friendly activewear from ocean waste. Its founders Sören Romboy and Pia Steffens believe in exercise, in a healthy...
oave sportswear
nike recycled canvas

How Nike Latest Viral Sneakers Push Toward Zero Waste

American multinational corporation Nike is continuing to push toward zero carbon and zero waste in an attempt to protect the future of sports. Its latest viral sneakers, the Nike Sportswear...
bioplastic clothes

Are Bioplastics Biodegradable

Whether you are looking for more sustainable fabrics for your wardrobe or an environmentally friendly alternative to petroleum-based plastics, bioplastics or bio-based plastics are an amazing option. Also known as...
bioplastic clothes
summer beach

10 Tips For a Zero Waste Summer

Now is the time to enjoy your summer with Zero Waste. All kinds of waste are piling up in landfills at an alarming rate. Single-use plastics have a disastrous impact...