300 billion cigarette stubs are casually chucked away every year. Given that a single stub can pollute up to 500 litres of water, that is quite the environmental problem.
MéGO! offers a pragmatic solution with a service for collecting, sorting and recycling cigarette stubs.
Renewcell's technology dissolves used cotton and other natural fibres into a new, biodegradable raw material: renewcell pulp. It can be turned into textile fibre, be fed into the textile production cycle and meet industry specifications. This is the link that has been missing from the cycle, and will enable the way fashion is produced and consumed to be transformed into a never-ending loop.
The ECOALF Foundation's Upcycling the Oceans project is an unprecedented worldwide adventure that has already removed over 1700 tonnes of plastic waste from the bottom of the oceans with the support of over 4000 fishermen.
Bracenet collects discarded fishing nets, has them upcycled into fabric and then produces unique Bracenets, dog leashes, keychains, and rings in workshops that provide employment opportunities to disabled persons.
Klättermusen is a Swedish outdoor clothing company producing waterproof jackets, pants and backpacks made at least partly from recycled polyamide. The polyamide is created from post-industrial waste including packaging materials from factories, old carpets and discarded industrial fishing nets.
Metsä Fibre produces wood-based bioproducts, such as pulp, sawn timber, biochemicals and bioenergy. They have a strong focus on recovering waste and side streams and minimising the amount of waste going to landfill.
ReLondon is a partnership of the Mayor of London and London’s boroughs which aims to improve waste and resource management in the capital and accelerate its transition to a low-carbon circular city.
Generally, it wants to help London waste less and reuse, repair, share and recycle more.
Sfridoo.com is an Italian B2B platform for purchasing and selling scrap materials. Using sharing economy principles to turn the circular economy into a reality, Sfridoo has already enabled more than 2500 businesses to recycle and reuse industrial scraps.
