Tag: sustainability
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J. Crew’s sustainable swimwear approach (and how you can benefit)
J. Crew is working with Supercircle to take your old swimwear to make brand new pieces. From now to August 2024, the American retailer will accept your old bathing suits in return for a $5 credit to be used towards the purchase of new swimwear. This solution helps to address a key problem in the…
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A handbag made from grapes? Stella McCartney debuts new leather alternative
As a nonvegan, I never really gave a second thought to the idea of using leather products. Besides the vegan alternatives never really seemed to hold up. I mean, squeaky pleather pants and bags that peeled didn’t hold up to the quality I saw in leather. In a debate of the ethics of using animal…
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I have no answers, but I’m thinking more about clothing life cycles
With the news announced about the ban on secondhand clothing imports in Uganda, I have realized I don’t think enough about the full life cycle of the products I buy. When I go shopping, never have I ever thought about where it will go when I do no longer want to wear it. I consider…
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Ugandan president has banned the import of secondhand clothes
‘Kafa ulaya’ or The clothes of dead white people- That is the translation for a local Nigerian word for the secondhand clothing that finds its way in to the country. It is a commentary of the amount of used clothing entering Nigeria and other parts of Africa and Asia from the United States and Europe.…
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Black is the new green, Nike uses algae ink for a more sustainable sneaker
Nike’s newest collab with Billie Eilish, their Nike Alpha Force Low X Billie Eilish, will feature ink derived from algae. Often, black pigments are developed using petrolatum. However, the black ink, created by Living Ink, was developed using algae waste, making it a more sustainable option. Nike has been expanding its use of more ecofriendly…
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