Category: Green goods
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Waste2Wear comes out with The Green Hijab
Malaysian manufacturer Waste2Wear has come up with a way to make eco-friendly hijabs: by turning plastic bottles into fabric. The process involves cleaning each bottle, shredding them into flakes, washing them again until all that’s left is 100% RPET (recycled polyethylene terephthalate). Afterwards, the flakes are turned into pure recycled plastic pellets, which are then…
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Girlfriend Collective wins people over with its eco-friendly leggings
It sounded like it was too good to be true: last year, leggings were being offered–for free–to Facebook users. Many were skeptical, but they also decided to take a chance and jumped on the offer–and they ended up falling in love with the leggings. Refinery29 even wrote about the leggings, and Who What Wear also…
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Liam Neeson’s son Daniel launches Pine Outfitters, an eco-friendly clothing line
Daniel Neeson, Liam Neeson’s younger son and a junior at Tulane University studying theater and digital media, is venturing into the world of fashion, launching Pine Outfitters, a clothing line featuring sporty, yet fashionable outdoor wear. In an interview with People, Daniel shared that he came up with the idea for Pine Outfitters while sitting…
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This bamboo turntable lets you listen to your music in an eco-friendly way
Vinyl’s been experiencing quite the resurgence, and some great new players have been popping up as well. Take Tri-Art’s Sprout turntable as an example, which is mostly made of bamboo, known as an eco-friendly material and is soaked in hemp oil and sealed in beeswax. Of course, it’s not made entirely out of bamboo; it…
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Anne Hathaway goes vintage on the press tour for “Colossal”
Emma Watson put the spotlight on eco-friendly fashion labels while she was on the road promoting Beauty and the Beast. Now, Anne Hathaway is donning vintage pieces as she goes on tour to promote Colossal. And for the @sheiscolossal party last night @annehathaway is wearing a vintage @oscardelarenta dress circa 1970 from @thekitvintage with a…
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Mango releases its eco-friendly “Committed” collection
High-street brand Mango is coming out with a fashion collection featuring clothes made with sustainable materials, such as organic cottons, Tencel, recycled polyester, and recycled cotton, and they’re dyed with environmentally friendly inks. The collection is for both men and women, and the clothes are manufactured in Portugal, Turkey and Morocco.
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Electric jetski lets you ride through more waterways
While relatively small and convenient, jetskis aren’t always allowed on all waterways because some areas forbid water vehicles that use a gas-powered internal combustion engine. The Gratis X1 by Free Form Factory just might change things, though. The electric jetski is emission-free and does not make any noise, and the body itself is made from…
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Olli flipflops take steps to help people and the planet
In July 2014, Heather Shuster forgot to bring along her flipflops on a trip to Hawaii, so she did the logical thing: she looked for a new pair. You’d think it would be easy to find a great pair of flipflops given where she was, but all she found were flipflops made with plastic. That…
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Leaf Republic turns leaves into paper plates
Making plates out of leaves has been practiced in India for centuries, and eating on banana leaves is not unheard of in other countries, such as the Philippines as well. German company Leaf Republic has taken the concept and taking it to the rest of the world too with their disposable leaf plates. The plates…
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Emma Watson highlights eco-fashion on Instagram
Emma Watson is always involved in important causes, and one of her advocacies is the environment and eco-friendly fashion. She’s currently on a press tour for the upcoming live-action version of Beauty and the Beast, and she’s also using Instagram to feature the sustainable, environmentally friendly, and socially conscious clothing brands and beauty products she’s…