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Let the houses be dressed well!

The 5.4 million people of Slovakia produce up to 100,000 tonnes of textile waste per year, according to one estimate. Some of this is collected via clothing banks or charity shops, but even in this case, a large proportion – perhaps between 40% and 60% – cannot be recycled or reused and is sent to landfill or incineration....
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Function over fashion… a winning tale of sustainable clothing

Having children is likely to be one of the biggest decisions any young couple makes. Will the flat be big or safe enough? Do we need a (bigger) car? What about prams, cots, crèches, clothing, nappies and, increasingly, the environmental costs. The list is...
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Dyeing without water

DyeCoo, based in Weesp near Amsterdam, is a leader in water-free and chemical-free textile dyeing. The company’s technology uses carbon dioxide instead of water in the dyeing process, effectively freeing textile dyeing companies from reliance on water resources that might be limited and environmentally sensitive. DyeCoo (literally: dyeing with CO2) was...
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Promoting greener goods: the Product Environmental Footprint

The European Union’s Product Environmental Footprint (PEF) is a methodology to calculate the overall environmental impact of products. It aims to enable the provision of reliable and comparable information on products, and therefore to foster a single...
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A boost for reuse through ReMark

An Irish project is seeking to boost the market for second-hand or refurbished consumer goods by testing a standard that can be applied by social enterprises, charity shops and other businesses that deal in reused products. The aim of the standard, known as ReMark, is to foster organisational and presentational improvements...