“Who is going to take care of the textile waste already on the beach, already on the ocean floor?” says Oteng. The work of EPR up close Last month, The Or marked one year since the launch of the fund. At a team meeting in mid-July at its office in downtown ...
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Packaging itself takes up almost a third of all plastics production, but only 14 percent of it will be recycled, according to a joint report by the World Economic Forum and Ellen MacArthur Foundation. And this plastic waste problem is escalating with the rise of e-commerce, ...
These include our linerless labels, which are free from silicone and reduce our waste and carbon footprint. We also developed a labeling concept for recyclable glass bottles. This new hot-melt adhesive for washable labels is particularly attractive to recycling...
Almost all recycled polyester is made from PET (polyethylene terephthalate) fromplastic bottles, according to the non-profit Textile Exchange. In Europe, most textile waste is either dumped or burned. Only 22 percent is recycled or reused—and most of that is turned into insulation, mattress stuf...
“Shifting to reusable garments means a significant reduction in the amount of waste generated” Industry is also focusing on enhance protection of the product, meeting stringent regulations, optimisation of energy and water conserving solutions. In this, efficient laundry services play a ...
“Novelty is here and gone in a moment; newness is changing the way someone sees. That’s what I am trying to create when I transform a kitchen towel into a skirt or a dress—taking this humble textile and recontextualizing it as a garment some fabulous girl will wear.” Of course, ...
Since the bioeconomy is not necessarily “circular by nature,” principles of a circular economy have been included by the European Commission in the hopes of minimizing the generation of waste and maintaining the value of products, materials, and resources for longer periods [5,6,7]. Initiating...
Dear Dr. Leung,This is the same copy I sent to you through email weeks ago. Your advice was very inspiring and persuasive, and gave me a much deeper understanding on the issue. However, as I talked to you last week that I found it very difficult to re-organize the whole idea upon ...
What’s interesting is how many of these items can be produced locally through environmentally friendly innovations already under way (see chapter 6 for details). LOIS recycling can begin to replace the TINA textile, paper, and primary metal industries. LOIS biofuel and biochemical firms can ...