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Greenpeace Reveals Brands Stumbling on the Catwalk to Toxin-Free Fashion

Since the “Detox My Fashion” campaign launched in 2011, 76 fashion brands, retailers and suppliers have committed to remove toxic chemicals from their supply chains by 2020, accounting for a combined 15...

Sustainable Development Must Be More Than Just an Empty Phrase

Sustainable development is a phrase used today by all companies in their reports and an excellent backdrop for PR stories. However, sustainability is often used only as an empty phrase, and companies...

Eight ways to overcome the waste pollution crisis

Humanity generates between 2.1 billion and 2.3 billion tonnes of municipal solid waste a year. When improperly managed, much of that refuse—from food and plastics to electronics and textiles — emits greenhouse gases...

APPLICATION OF ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY MATERIALS IN CONTEMPORARY ARCHITECTURE

The degradation of the environment has taken green architecture out of its exclusively aesthetic concept, leading it to today’s inevitable need to create a more sustainable future. In Serbia, the concept of...

PRODUCTIVITY AND A SUSTAINABLE FUTURE THE ABB WAY

Numerous measuring instruments, sensors, actuators, electronic transmitters and other devices hidden in the depths of a plant constantly record data on the flow of air, gas, water or thermal energy. With the...

Community Fridge – Leave Whatever You Can, Take Whatever You Need

We have to ask you to pay special attention to this text at the very beginning. Take a moment and think about how much food you threw away during the previous week...

Plastics, a growing environmental and climate concern: how can Europe revert that trend?

The challenges posed by plastics are to a large extent due to the fact that our production and consumption systems are not sustainable. The COVID-19 pandemic and climate change have amplified public...

Four Lessons From Nature to Build a Circular Economy

The circular economy is one of the few disruptive concepts with universal appeal - with business leaders, investors, activists, economists and environmentalists. While gaining in popularity, the concepts of circularity have been...

To Make Things Last Longer and Create Less Waste

"Circular economy as a part of the concept of society’s sustainable development” is the project of the professional organisation Ambassadors of sustainable development and environment. The goal of this organisation is to...

Room & Board Introduces Business Interiors for Hospitality & Workplace Environments

MINNEAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Today Room & Board, the modern home furnishings company synonymous with American craftsmanship and sustainability, announced the launch of Room & Board Business Interiors with a collection of contract-grade hospita...

Circular Clothing Hits the Catwalk at Dutch Design Week

Circular clothing firm takes recycled fashion to Dutch Design Week. Trash-2-Cash has created a climate change-neutral shirt, a recycled raincoat and even an environmentally-conscious car interior, which it plans to showcase at the event in...

Every Cotton T-Shirt Costs the Environment $3.40

Ma Earth is paying through its nose for the clothing we produce, according to a study that quantifies, for the first time, the price we exact from the ecosystem for our clothing....

Sustainable Fashion Innovator Makes Fiber From Pineapple Leaves

In 1960, 97 percent of the fibers used in clothing came from natural materials. Today that number has fallen to 35 percent. But sustainable fashion veteran Isaac Nichelson wants to reverse that...

‘World-Leading’: UK Microbead Ban Comes Into Force

The first phase of the UK ban on plastic microbeads will come into effect today, as the government moves to strengthen its crack down on marine plastic pollution. The ban on the manufacture...

An Argentine Startup Makes Shoes from Discarded Tire Scraps and Employs Single Mothers

More than 100,000 tons of rubber tires are disposed of every year in Argentina. The majority of them are burned, contributing to the country’s already huge air pollution problem. So, when Alejandro...

Jovana Mehandžić Đurđić: Free Charging of Electric Cars at IKEA

We have all heard of the Swedish giant IKEA - the world's leading retail chain with a wide range of home decor products. The main concept of IKEA involves developing products that...

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