| trash talkin’ on tuesday – arvin goods | The Basics Company Setting Out to Reduce Textile Waste One Pair of Socks at a Time

September 12, 2017.Reading time 4 minutes.

One of the biggest issues surrounding the fashion industry is the amount of textile waste it produces. I’ve mentioned this issue before, but between all of the clothes we throw away every year, to all of the fabric that doesn’t get used during production, we’re creating one monster pile of textiles waste. According to the […]

| trash talkin’ on tuesday – waste to waves | Why You Need to Give All Your Styrofoam to These Guys So They Can Make Surfboards

August 8, 2017.Reading time 6 minutes.

I talk about plastic pollution. A lot. But one thing I don’t often touch on is actually one of the biggest offenders — polystyrene, or as you probably know it, styrofoam. According to the Environmental Production Agency, styrofoam is the fifth largest source of hazardous waste in the United States. The production, use and disposal […]

| trash talkin’ on tuesday – plaine products | Plaine Products Is On A Mission To Make It Easy For You To Reduce Single Use Plastics In the Bathroom

June 13, 2017.Reading time 9 minutes.

You guys. We. Have. A. Plastic. Problem. I know, I know, I’ve said that before. But I think it’s worth saying again, and just in case you haven’t been paying attention, let me catch you up to speed: Some estimates put plastic use at nearly 300 million tons annually, and according to the Plastic Pollution […]

| trash talkin’ on tuesday – kiss the sky performance yoga mats | Your Yoga Mat Might Have Been Made With Cancer Causing Materials, But This Company Is Better

May 16, 2017.Reading time 4 minutes.

I know, I know, I’m beginning to sound like a broken record, but I’m going to say it again anyway — we have a plastic problem. But in case you haven’t been reading, according to a 2015 study, an estimated 19.4 billion pounds of plastic wind up in the world’s oceans each year. And I […]

| trash talkin’ on tuesday – aeon row | How One Company Is Turning Garment Waste Into Cool Clothing

April 25, 2017.Reading time 4 minutes.

I’ve talked about our garment waste issue before, but in honor of Fashion Revolution Week and thinking about changing the way we consume fashion, I thought it would be good idea to have a refresher course. In 2012 factories churned out 80 billion items of clothing worldwide, which according to the film The True Cost, […]

| trash talkin’ on Tuesday – bureo | One Company Turning Discarded Fishing Nets Into New Skateboards

April 18, 2017.Reading time 6 minutes.

According to a 2014 report from World Animal Protection International, an estimated 640,000 metric tons of fishing gear are left in our oceans every year. This makes discarded fishing nets approximately 10% of the plastic pollution in our oceans. And if the contribution to our plastic pollution problem weren’t concerning enough, these nets, called ghost […]

| trash talking on tuesday — evrnu | The Company Turning Our 15 Million Tons of Textile Waste Into New Fabric

March 21, 2017.Reading time 5 minutes.

Fashion today moves fast. Very, very fast. So fast in fact, that collectively consumers are buying more than 80 billion new items of clothing every year. That number, according to the film The True Cost is 400% more clothing today than we purchased 20 years ago. So it comes as no surprise that in order […]

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