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Study Suggests Textile Reuse Up to 70x More Sustainable Than Producing New Clothing
A new study found that the environmental impact of reusing textiles is 70 times lower than new clothing, even when taking into account transport and export emissions.
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The 10 Best Sustainability Podcasts You Need To Listen To Now
We scoured the airwaves to find the best podcasts out there about environmental issues, all with their own voice and format, some inspiring, some informative, some funny, all important and worthwhile.
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Food Footprint: Which Diet Creates The Least Amount Of Food Waste?
In the Green Queen Food Footprint Series, we tackle some of the complexities surrounding food and examine which choices are really the most planet-friendly. Today, we explore different dietary choices and find out which one is associated!-->…
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Driving Impact Through Retail: Fabrica X’s Plastic Circularity Pop Up Helps To Change Minds & Behavior in Hong Kong
Through fun and relevant experiential programming, Fabrica X is educating Hong Kongers about ocean plastic waste and shifting consumer behavior around recycled materials.
By: The Mills Fabrica
Last year, Fabrica X, the Impact!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->…
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Glass Or Plastic: Which Is Better For The Planet?
Green Queen weigh in on one of the ultimate eco debates: glass or plastic? We set the record straight once and for all for you zero-wasters!
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This New Design Tool Was Created To Help Businesses Go Plastic-Free
A new online designed tool backed by A Plastic Planet aims to help designers and business leaders eradicate one trillion pieces of plastic waste from the global economy by 2025.
Following two years of development, the PlasticFree site!-->!-->!-->…
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Sustainable Fashion Guide: The 8 Rules to Building a Responsible Wardrobe
Sustainable fashion is on the rise, with mainstream brands and luxury labels alike embracing the trend. Yet the truth of it is, many of us still feel overwhelmed as consumers: is it possible to be a conscious fashionista?
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Does Religion Influence Food Waste Habits?
A new study explores food waste behaviors in various religious sects, building on further research exploring thoughts about climate change.
The research, published in the journal Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, looked at dining!-->!-->!-->…
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14 Upcycled Vegan Food Brands Reducing Food Waste By Maximising Taste and Minimizing Waste
An astounding one-third of all the world's food is wasted, which amounts to $1 trillion in losses. A rising number of clever food brands across the globe are doing their part to divert food waste from dumpsters or landfills by creating!-->…
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13 Ways To Reduce Your Food Waste Footprint Right Now
Our world is facing an unprecedented food waste crisis, which is contributing more than 10 percent of global carbon emissions that drive the climate emergency. In addition to coming at an enormous environmental cost, discarded food!-->…
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6 Tips To Shop For All Your Christmas Groceries The Eco-Friendly Way
Christmas is just around the corner, and you might be planning a dinner party or ten (!) during this season of eating, drinking and being merry. While we often make a huge effort to organise and host a memorable soiree, many of us forget!-->…
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These 4 Books Can Help Us Rethink Our Relationship With Stuff And Become More Sustainable
Most of us can agree that we have too much stuff—and it's killing our planet. These four books might help us become more sustainable.
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20 Sustainable Christmas Gifts For the Holiday Season
The holidays are upon us, and, for many, that equals food (lots and lots of food), quality time with family and friends, glasses of bubbly, and, of course, presents. But the holiday gifting season can be unnecessarily wasteful, with!-->…
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5 Ways Going Plastic-Free Improved My Health
One of the more surprising parts of adopting a more low-waste lifestyle with a focus on reusable packaging, reducing plastic usage as much as possible, lessen my reliance on recycling, and changing my habits to lessen my overall waste!-->…
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10 Ways To Host An Eco-Friendly Christmas Holiday Party
It’s that time of year again! Over the Christmas season, most of us gather with our friends and visit family members to celebrate. But all those dinner parties and festivities do add up - think about the non-recyclable bunting and tinsel!-->…
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6 Refillable Packaging Makeup Brands We Love
Makeup is an important daily routine for many people, and choosing brands that showcase sustainable options, such as refillable packaging, is an important effort for the planet, too. If companies want to retain their loyal fans and welcome!-->…
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Climate Candy Is A Thing And It’s Tackling Food Waste
Is climate candy set to be the next food niche? LA-based PurePlus says yes. The startup launched its first consumer brand, Faves, in 2021 as a sustainable alternative to Starburst. Today, each packet of chews contains one serving of fruits!-->…
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Stop Buying So Many New Clothes Or Face a Climate Disaster, Report Finds
Could you curb your clothing purchases to just five new items per year? A new report says that's the magic number if we want to avoid a climate disaster.
A new report from the Hot or Cool Institute looks at fashion's impact in G20!-->!-->!-->…
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‘The Responsibility To Lead Change Falls To Governments and Business Groups, Not Consumers’ – Q&A w/ Muuse CEO Jonathan…
An interview with Jonathan Tostevin, CEO of Muuse, one of Asia's leading reusable packaging startups on the company's biggest wins, the importance of regulation and the economics of reuse.
As of 2022, Muuse's data-driven cup and!-->!-->!-->…
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5 Zero Waste Bathroom Swaps to Try
We all could do with being more environmentally responsible. These simple zero-waste bathroom swaps can help.
Have you seen the stats about our global plastic waste crisis? It's terrifying. So below, we share bathroom swaps to make.!-->!-->!-->…
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Resale Driving Consumer Purchasing Habits, New Report Finds
A new report conducted by Boston Consulting Group (BCG) and secondhand platform Vestiaire Collective finds the resale market could make up 40 percent of the overall apparel market in the coming years.
The new report, What an!-->!-->!-->…
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