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Fashion’s Water Impacts: The Largest Brands Are Doing the Least

Fashion’s Water Impacts: The Largest Brands Are Doing the Least

On a planet where usable water is scarce, water management is of the utmost importance. The fashion industry is a major consumer and polluter of fresh water, but not all brands are doing their part to implement water reduction and management initiatives. And sadly, the largest brands are the ones doing the least. So, which […]
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A Nonprofit Is Creating Modern Loungers Entirely from Plastic Pulled from Bali’s Waterways

A Nonprofit Is Creating Modern Loungers Entirely from Plastic Pulled from Bali’s Waterways

Despite the idyllic photos that populate Instagram feeds and travel blogs, Bali has a plastic problem. The island produces 1.6 million tons of waste each year, and thanks to ocean currents, it also receives tidal waves of pollution from neighboring islands that bury its beaches in mounds of trash, debris, and even rotting animal carcasses during monsoon season. To mitigate the problem, two sister organizations have teamed up to clean Bali’s waterways and transform the uncovered waste into useful goods. More
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Ocean Cleanup 101: Everything You Need to Know

Ocean Cleanup 101: Everything You Need to Know

Quick Key Facts Ocean Plastic: The Basics  The Earth’s oceans are teeming with life — and with plastic. In fact, by 2050, it’s expected that there will be even more plastic in the ocean than fish. Adding to the 150 million tons already in marine environments, eight million tons of plastic reaches our oceans every […]
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