Would You Wear a Pair of 100 Percent Recyclable Sneakers?
Ammo Liao has designed the Bio-Knit shoe, which eschews the multi-faceted approach taken toward the manufacturing of athletic shoes by using only one material. For both the upper and the sole, Liao...
View ArticleHaute Couture Fabrics from Plastic Waste
What does it take to make a shift in sustainable fashion and turn a plastic bottle into gorgeous couture dresses? Dutch entrepreneur Monique Maissan has the answer.
View ArticleThe Evolution of Eco-Friendly Packaging
There is no way to avoid packaging in modern society and yet, with today’s environmental concerns, reducing waste and energy usage while increasing overall product sustainability should be top priority.
View ArticleH&M To Introduce Denim Line Made Using Recycled Cotton
Next month, clothing retailer H&M will introduce new denim pieces made using recycled cotton. The company will introduce a total of 16 new denim styles that incorporate recycled cotton from...
View ArticleTwitter Chat Recap: Dow Chemical Co. Hosts Circular Economy Chat at #EnergyBag
Today, 3p, Neil Hawkins, Jeff Wooster and Andrew Winston came together for a Twitter Chat about the circular economy and the innovative #EnergyBag project.
View Article3-D Printing: Is it the Answer for the Pacific Garbage Patch?
Once we get the plastic out of the ocean, what do we do with it? Will today's 3-D printing industry offer an option? We turn to experts for the answers.
View ArticleWearable Tech Goes Recycle-less
The three Rs, reduce, reuse and recycle have become the mantra for the 21st century. But wearable tech, and the invention of components invisible to the naked eye, are shifting the way we think about...
View ArticleBest Buy’s Electronics Recycling Freeriders
Best Buy is gambling that you'll stay and shop after you drop off used electronics. But is the big-box retailer covering all the expenses while other companies reap the rewards?
View ArticleDell Moves Even Closer to a Closed-Loop Supply Chain
Dell will revamp 35 product lines in order to increase the recycling of what have already been 4.2 million pounds of plastics annually. Now carbon fiber will part of the company's closed-loop system, too.
View ArticleIn Defense of Recycling and Common Sense
In his New York Times opinion piece from Oct. 3, John Tierney marginalizes the environmental benefits of recycling and waste diversion when he posits that recycling a great number of manufactured and...
View ArticleSustainability’s Gold Mine: Grey-Water Recycling
Grey-water recycling systems have the ability to drastically alter the way we look at our water usage, so why are they not widely utilized in California?
View ArticleOur Connected, Mobile, Recycled and Green Future
As the number of connected devices we use continues to increase, it becomes increasingly critical to understand that we all have a role – consumer, corporation, manufacturer or recycler – in the...
View ArticleClosing the Loop in Fast Fashion
Fast fashion (trendy, affordable pieces from the likes of H&M, Uniqlo and Zara) is often criticized for creating waste. But what if the fibers in those clothes could be separated and repurposed in...
View ArticleThese Cradle-to-Cradle Innovations Will Make You Look Twice
The Cradle to Cradle Product Design Challenge seeks to inspire up-and-coming designers to create products for the circular economy -- highlighting safe materials that can be perpetually cycled.
View ArticleShifting Plastics to a Circular Economy Could Generate Billions
Shifting to a circular-economy system for plastics could generate $706 billion worth of economic opportunity, according to a new report released by the World Economic Forum and the Ellen MacArthur...
View ArticleIkea Says We’ve Now Hit ‘Peak Curtains’
"In the West, we have probably hit peak stuff," Ikea’s head of sustainability, Steve Howard, said at a recent Guardian conference.
View ArticleH&M Conscious Foundation Offers $1.1M Bounty in Quest to Close the Fashion Loop
The foundation made five strings-free grants to innovators in the apparel industry.
View ArticlePatagonia Leads by Example in the Circular Economy
Patagonia's Worn Wear program is a prime example of how a circular economy can work.
View ArticlePaving the Way for a Circular Economy
We must remember that as stakeholders, we have the unique ability to create the strong pull needed to incentivize our institutions and businesses to make decisions that are tied to circular-economy...
View ArticleH&M Wants to Revolutionize the Apparel Industry
Last week I went to Stockholm to learn more about H&M’s sustainability program. Over my three days with the company, I found its culture imbued an unusual mix of candor, understatement and delight....
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