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PET bottles find new role in running shoes
Top-News: No Teaser-PicsTeaser-Bild 16z9: Teaser Text: US athletics footwear manufacturer New Balance (NB) describes its NewSKY shoe, comprising 95% recycled PET bottles, as ‘a different way to think...
View ArticleH&M scheme to help close textiles loop
Top-News: No Teaser Text: Apparel powerhouse H&M is gearing up for the launch of a worldwide clothing collection initiative. As of February, customers will be able to hand in used garments in all...
View ArticleUK comes up with fashionable recycling solution
Top-News: No Teaser Text: The SUSCORP consortium, a project co-financed by the UK Technology Strategy Board, has developed an innovation for the fashion and recycling industry; a new textile process...
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New shoes from old phones
Top-News: No Teaser-PicsTeaser-Bild 16z9: Teaser-Bild 4z3: Teaser Text: In a bid to encourage the public to recycle its electronic devices, one of the UK's leading mobile providers O2 has enlisted...
View ArticlePUMA closes the loop with 'clever' materials
Top-News: No Teaser Text: Sportswear brand PUMA is releasing its first line of closed-loop footwear, apparel and accessories called InCycle. The new products are either biodegradable or recyclable...
View ArticleNon-clothing textiles main mission for WRAP
Top-News: No Teaser Text: Exploring the recycling potential for non-clothing textiles - like carpet and soft furnishings - will be a main focus for the UK's reuse and recycling group, WRAP, this...
View ArticleScheme helps New Yorkers clean out their closets
Top-News: No Teaser Text: New York City residents have donated for recycling over one million pounds of clothing, shoes, accessories, towels, linen and rags via re-fashioNYC - the local Clothing...
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Recycled plastics: the height of fashion
Top-News: No Teaser-PicsTeaser-Bild 16z9: Teaser-Bild 4z3: Teaser Text: Many of today's hottest fashions are coming from an unexpected source - namely yesterday's plastics, according to the American...
View ArticlePop stars help tackle plastic waste
Top-News: No Teaser Text: Major pop stars are helping to raise awareness of plastic pollution and promote products made with a recycled plastic content. Musician and entrepreneur will.i.am is...
View ArticleTimberland diversifies with 'shoes for your vehicle'
Top-News: No Teaser Text: Tyre and footwear manufacturers are the two largest users of virgin rubber in the world. And in the interests of sustainability, major clothing and shoe brand Timberland has...
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Textile breakthrough straight from the tree
March 2015Country: In the Laboratory Author: Kirstin Linnenkoper When one thinks of pineapples, Hawaiian pizzas and cocktails usually come to mind. In contrast, Spanish designer Carmen Hijosa...
View ArticleLevi's seeks to establish ambitious recycling 'norm'
Top-News: No Teaser Text: Consumers can now drop off unwanted clothing or shoes at Levi’s stores all around the USA, it has announced. The fashion brand will take back items of any brand in the hope...
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'Ambitious' eco-targets for EU clothing plan
Top-News: No Teaser-PicsTeaser-Bild 4z3: Teaser Text: The UK’s Waste & Resources Action Programme (WRAP) is heading up a new Euro 3.6 million initiative aimed at reducing the carbon, water and...
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Miss Scotland shows off ''zero waste'' couture
Top-News: No Teaser-PicsTeaser-Bild 4z3: Teaser Text: Former Miss Scotland Nicola Mimnagh recently modelled custom ‘Zero Waste’ fashion collections in the Salvation Army Trading Company’s flagship...
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H&M and M.I.A. sing from same recycling song sheet
Top-News: No Teaser-PicsTeaser-Bild 4z3: Teaser Text: Fashion retailer H&M has joined forces with international singing star M.I.A. for World Recycle Week, which is taking place from April 18 to...
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Green carpet couture a 'perfect marriage of ethics and aesthetics'
Top-News: No Teaser-PicsTeaser-Bild 4z3: Teaser Text: More actresses and models are turning to eco-fashion when attending red carpet events. This week, UK star Emma Watson was declared the belle of...
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Brexit likely to add to pressures on UK textile recyclers
Top-News: No Teaser-PicsTeaser-Bild 4z3: Teaser Text: The UK's decision to leave the European Union is likely to exacerbate the challenges facing the domestic used textiles sector, according to...
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KLM flying high with cradle-to-cradle approach
Top-News: No Teaser-PicsTeaser-Bild 4z3: Teaser Text: Comfort and sustainability increasingly go hand in hand at Dutch national carrier KLM, and the cabin interior of KLM’s Boeing Dreamliner is proof...
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Textiles recyclers counter 'inaccurate' media reports
Top-News: No Teaser-PicsTeaser-Bild 4z3: Teaser Text: Following recent negative coverage of the second-hand clothing industry in both Newsweek and the Huffington Post, America's Secondary Materials...
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A 'much neater' site thanks to powerful new baler
Top-News: No Teaser-PicsTeaser-Bild 4z3: Teaser Text: UK footwear component manufacturer E A Tailby has reinforced its recycling agenda by investing in a heavy-duty baler from Riverside Waste...
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