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- Project Blu turns plastic bottles into sustainable pet products Wed, 1 Apr 20, 2:30amProject Blu is a U.K.-based startup company that is creating sustainable pet products made from recycled materials such as plastic, textiles and leather. Each Project Blu product is made using anywhere between 1 and 300 plastic...
- H&M is offering $1 Million for best textile-recycling innovations Mon, 31 Aug 15, 2:59amClothing retailer H&M is sponsoring a $1 million challenge to anyone who can figure out a sustainable way to close the loop on textiles. A closed loop clothing manufacturing scenario involves recycling old and unwanted...
- Re Rag Rugs use textile industry discards to create stylishly sustainable floor coverings Wed, 6 May 15, 5:52amRe Rag Rug started as an experimental design project that explores the social and ecological sustainability of the rug. Using material that is waste and excess from the textile industry and old clothes - in other words, fabric...
- H&M’s New Line Of Eco-Friendly Denim Closes The Loop On Textile Recycling Mon, 20 Jan 14, 5:00amWe recycle our bottles, cans, and newspapers, but what about clothes that are past their prime? Last year, Swedish apparel chain H&M made headlines by launching the world's first global clothes recycling program...
- Textile Recycling an Important Step to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions, EPA Reports Sun, 6 Oct 13, 6:39amPhoto via Shutterstock Increasingly cities have become wise to the need for wide-scale recycling of plastics, glass, paper and even electronics and paints...
- 16-Foot Clothing Mountain Illustrates Hong Kong’s Daily Textile Waste Thu, 30 Jun 11, 7:30amA 16-foot mountain of used garments towered over Hong Kong’s Central Star Ferry Pier last week, as part of the ‘Get Redressed‘ exhibit — an awareness building campaign to promote recycling in response...