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Camira creates colourful Oceanic fabrics from recycled plastic bottles Recycling

Camira creates colourful Oceanic fabrics from recycled plastic bottles

Dezeen promotion: British textile company Camira has created fabrics that contain recycled plastic collected from oceans and beaches.Camira's Oceanic range has a twill weave comprising a light warp and a deeply saturated weft.Up to 50 per cent of the fibres are created from recycled plastic bottles that were sourced from the…
bubmag
March 19, 2020
Most lithium batteries end up in a landfill. A new bill aims to change that. Recycling

Most lithium batteries end up in a landfill. A new bill aims to change that.

Lithium-ion batteries are expected to play a critical role in the green energy transition, but despite surging global demand for the metals that go into them, we’re doing a terrible job recovering those metals after batteries die. A first-of-its-kind bill introduced in the Senate this month seeks to change that…
bubmag
March 17, 2020
Ask a Sustainability Expert: How Do I Find the Most Eco-Friendly Packaging? Recycling

Ask a Sustainability Expert: How Do I Find the Most Eco-Friendly Packaging?

Photo: Julia Ewan/Getty ImagesEven for fashion and beauty lovers who think sustainability is important, wading through all the sometimes-conflicting information about it can be tricky. To combat the confusion, we're asking scientists, researchers and other authorities to answer all your most pressing questions in our column Ask a Sustainability Expert.Dear…
bubmag
March 12, 2020