Most trays, tubs and jars can be recycled, including takeaway food trays, yoghurt pots, biscuit tubs and plant pots. ✦ The big exception is black plastic. This is problematic as it can’t be identified by the automatic sorting machines used at recycling plants. ...
newspapers, egg cartons, cereal boxes and the suchlike, can easily be recycled. Even envelopes with plastic windows are usually fine to go straight into your recycling without removing them. The exception here is anything that has a shiny plastic veneer on it; we’re thinking some types of w...
Meanwhile, carbon insetting is when businesses invest in carbon reduction schemes within their own supply chains. Examples include a clothing manufacturer planting trees outside its factory, a restaurant growing its own vegetables (to reduce the emissions of the supplier delivering th...
Currently those bottles that are recycled can only be turned into opaque fibres for clothing or carpets, while the new enzyme indicates a way to recycle old clear plastic bottles back into new clear plastic bottle. “You are always up against the fact that oil is cheap, so plastic is chea...
Wool jacquard, for instance, may be eligible for Woolmark certification, and Silk Mark certifies silk garments. Jacquard made using American-cultivated pima cotton may be eligible for Supima certification, and many natural and recycled synthetic fibers are eligible for OEKO TEX, or Global Recycle ...
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some of the waste yarns entering the Kaisong factory are of good quality and have long fibers. They can be decomposed into coarse yarns by technology, and then continue to be used as raw materials for textiles. However, most of the enterprises at the end of the industrial chain do not ha...
Thin plastics, such as those which are used to make plastic bags and packaging for food or other products, are often neglected by eco-conscious citizens, since they can appear too flimsy to be useful. However, they are among the most commonly used plastic items, so it’s imp...
Cotton batiste made with pima cotton cultivated in the United States may also be eligible for SUPIMA licensing. About the author: Sewport Support Team is the founder and CEO of Sewport - an online marketplace connecting brands and manufacturers, former founder of various clothing manufacturing ...
If an independent agency can determine that elastane fabric is made from entirely recycled components, it may be eligible for Global Recycled Standard (GRS) certification . So far, only one elastane manufacturer has received this certification, but it's likely that more international manufacturers wil...