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☆ How 1.5 million plastic bottles are turned into clothing every day
  + stars: | 2024-07-03 | by ( David Valerio | Grant Tyler | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: 1 min
Polyester is one of the most popular fabrics in the world. Made from PET plastic, it is prized for its durability, lightness, and low cost of production. While these characteristics make it ideal for various uses across the textile industry, the oversupply of polyester has also fueled an environmental disaster. Now, brands like Adidas, Nike, and Shein are trying to increase the amount of polyester made from recycled plastics — but is this the best use of old plastic? This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers.
Organizations: Adidas, Nike, Business
☆ Nespresso and Keurig Spend Millions Trying to Solve Coffee-Pod Waste
  + stars: | 2024-04-09 | by ( Kevin Reilly | Grant Tyler | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: 1 min
Each year, coffee companies like Keurig and Nespresso produce almost 50 billion single-serve coffee pods, which are notoriously difficult to recycle. Keurig even says so on its labels. Club Coffee in Canada uses a different approach, making a compostable K-Cup alternative, the PurPod100, out of coffee waste. We also asked a coffee expert: What's the most convenient way to brew while producing the least amount of waste?
Organizations: Coffee Locations: Canada
☆ How Turning Flower Waste Into Natural Dyes Can Reduce Pollution
  + stars: | 2024-01-24 | by ( Elizabeth Mccauley | Grant Tyler | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: 1 min
Worshippers in India buy thousands of tons of flowers every day to give as offerings in temples. The rituals leave behind mountains of flower waste that often end up contaminating already troubled rivers. One business is turning that waste into natural dyes used in garments sold by Anthropologie. This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now.
Persons: Anthropologie Organizations: Business Locations: India
☆ Jute Swamp Reeds Can Replace Plastic-Bag Pollution
  + stars: | 2023-12-26 | by ( Brittany Stephanis | Grant Tyler | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: 1 min
About 20 years ago, Bangladesh became the first nation on Earth to ban single-use plastic bags. Since then, plastic pollution has gotten worse. To find a biodegradable replacement, the government turned to jute, a cash crop grown here for centuries. Can one scientist bring more of this "golden fiber" to a country drowning in plastic?
Locations: Bangladesh
☆ Cardboard is one of the most recycled materials, but it still takes piles of trees to produce it every year
  + stars: | 2023-09-21 | by ( Elizabeth Mccauley | Grant Tyler | Lilian Manansala | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: 1 min
Cardboard has a high recycling rate in the US. But it can't be reused forever, so producing it also consumes millions of trees each year.
☆ How Disney's magical trash tubes ended up in New York City
  + stars: | 2023-07-27 | by ( Ryan Bieber | Grant Tyler | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: 1 min
At Disney World, the Magic Kingdom uses a system of pneumatic tubes to keep trash out of sight for park visitors. While this was supposed to be the future of waste disposal, only one other place in the US uses something like it on a similar scale: Roosevelt Island in New York City.
Organizations: Disney, Magic Kingdom Locations: New York City
☆ Recyclers reject most plastic. This company turns it into furniture.
  + stars: | 2023-07-03 | by ( Elizabeth Mccauley | Grant Tyler | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: 1 min
But ReFactory, a UK-based family business, has a complex process to give it a new life. It makes plywood-like plastic boards and turns them into furniture, planters, and more. ReFactory processes post-consumer waste from collection bins around the UK, along with recalled or expired manufacturing waste that never hit shelves. The company says the furniture cuts down on emissions compared to transporting plastic to landfill and that the boards can be recycled over and over. But there isn't much demand for the plastic furniture, so ReFactory gives a lot of it away to schools.
☆ 10 surprising things you can recycle, from flip-flops to human hair
  + stars: | 2023-04-06 | by ( Kevin Reilly | Grant Tyler | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: 1 min
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☆ How one company in Pakistan recycles over a million pairs of jeans every year
  + stars: | 2023-02-23 | by ( Ryan Bieber | Grant Tyler | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +1 min
We make over 1 billion pairs of jeans every year, and nearly all of them end up in landfills. One company in Pakistan is recycling old denim into new pants using laser technology and recycled dye. 1 importer of used clothing, and the second-largest exporter of denim. download the app Email address By clicking ‘Sign up’, you agree to receive marketing emails from Insider as well as other partner offers and accept our Terms of Service and Privacy PolicyWe make more than a billion pairs of jeans every year. In Pakistan, which imports more used clothing than any other nation, one company has figured out a way to recycle old denim, saving water and energy.
☆ Rocks vacuumed off the seafloor can power electric cars. But is mining the ocean worth it?
  + stars: | 2023-01-23 | by ( Elizabeth Mccauley | Grant Tyler | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +1 min
Seafloor rocks contain metals that can be used in wind turbines and electric-car batteries. In November, a Canadian mining startup collected tons of them on a test run. This type of deep-sea mining could destroy untouched habitats, among other environmental impacts. More research is likely needed to see how the effects of mining the seafloor compare to mining land. Critics say mining them could cause serious ecological destruction, but no one knows exactly what the impact will be yet.
☆ How seaweed could replace plastic bags and packaging
  + stars: | 2022-12-07 | by ( Elizabeth Mccauley | Grant Tyler | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: 1 min
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☆ Making eyeglasses from coffee grounds in Ukraine
  + stars: | 2022-11-15 | by ( Elizabeth Mccauley | Grant Tyler | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +1 min
A Kyiv startup is making eyeglass frames out of old coffee grounds, despite the ongoing war with Russia. The frames are biodegradable and help keep organic waste from creating methane in landfills. Loading Something is loading. This Ukrainian startup is using some of those leftovers to make eyeglass frames and cases. We visited Kyiv to see how it's kept going despite the war with Russia.
☆ Why asphalt is one of the world's most recycled materials
  + stars: | 2022-10-24 | by ( Elizabeth Mccauley | Grant Tyler | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +1 min
Asphalt pavement is one of the most recycled materials in the world. Recycled roads can replace mined rocks and fossil fuels used to make new asphalt. Regulators often limit the recycled content of roads to about 30%, but one company found a way to make 100% recycled asphalt. But regulations often limit the recycled content of roads to around 30%. We visited a company making 100% recycled asphalt to see how it does it.
☆ How Two Brothers Turn Busted Skateboards Into Bowls and Furniture
  + stars: | 2022-06-15 | by ( Liam Mays | Grant Tyler | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: 1 min
Two brothers in Canada are turning old skateboards into furniture, bowls, and jewelry. Their brightly colored pieces reuse some of the 2 million boards that get broken every year.
Locations: Canada
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