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18. January 2021

Your Next Pair of Sneakers Could Be Made Out of Plants

Adidas is taking its sustainability efforts to a whole new level this year: the sportswear manufacturing giant is now developing a plant-based leather material which will be used to produce “green” shoes.

Technology

Technology Sweden

2. November 2020

Stuff Old Clothes into this Machine, Get New Clothes after 5 Hours

The Swedish giant retailer H&M has developed ‘looop’, the world’s first in-store machine that disassembles old clothes and assembles new ones in about five hours, using neither water nor chemicals.

Society

Society Sweden

27. October 2020

“We Take Your Old Furniture Back on Black Friday”, IKEA Tells Customers

The Swedish giant Ikea launches its “Buy Back” initiative on 27 November, which coincides with Black Friday, repossessing unwanted furniture items in exchange of vouchers to be spent at its stores.

Environment

Environment Canada

17. October 2020

Only Two and a Half Months to Go, and Single-Use Plastic Is History in Canada

Following a report that clearly states that plastic pollution is harmful to the environment, the government of Canada has issued a national ban on single-use plastic as soon as 2021 under the Canadian Environmental Protection Act.

Environment

Environment United Kingdom

6. October 2020

Super-Enzyme Eats Plastic Six Times Faster Than Before

British scientists have created a super-enzyme capable of degrading plastic bottles six times faster than before. And it could be ready for recycling in a year or two.

Environment

Environment USA

8. September 2020

How to Build Brand New Roads With Old Plastic Bottles

TechnoSoil, a Californian startup company, paved the first 1,000-foot segment of highway using roughly 150,000 recycled plastic bottles per mile in Oroville, California, United States.

Environment

Environment USA

26. July 2020

Retail Giants Join Forces to Reinvent the Plastic Bag

Single-use plastic bags are a tough environmental problem to solve - but three American heavyweights in the retail world have come up with an initiative to reinvent these single-use bags.

Environment

Environment Ghana

21. July 2020

This Company Turns Plastic Bottles into Road Tiles

A company in Ghana is taking the plastic waste that would otherwise end up on the streets, beaches or landfills and turning it into paving blocks to build roads.

Environment

Environment Slovenia

8. July 2020

Read How This City Went from Zero Recycling to Zero Waste

Sixteen years ago, all the waste in Ljubljana, Slovenia ended up in a landfill, costing money and resources. But then a new plan took hold, and now Ljubljana is known as the first European capital to devote its time and effort to going zero-waste.

Health

Health Germany

6. July 2020

Students Use Recycled Plastic to Design Prosthetic Legs

A German team has been working on ways to provide Kenya and Uganda with affordable prosthetic legs which are much needed in the two countries – using recycled plastic to help solve two problems at once.