About 97% of clothing ends up in a landfill, and 60% end up in the landfill within 12 months of being manufactured. Companies such as @ZARA, @adidas, and @LEVIS are making an effort to become more circular.
Lithium batteries are everywhere, in our phones, watches, tablets, and now in Electric Vehicles. We don’t have enough space in the landfills for the amount of batteries, @NREL is using a process called direct recycling.
@ABC placed trackers in numerous plastic bags and dropped them in plastic bag recycling bins at local shopping centers. Unfortunately, many of these trackers ended up in landfills versus recycling centers.
Steps taken towards making the fashion industry sustainable aren’t as straightforward as they may look, some companies are promoting using recycled polyester. @WIRED explains the use of recycled polyester and other attempts at sustainability.
@EPA has joined environmental groups in urging the Federal Trade Commission to ditch the circular arrow recycling symbol, as it can be misleading on what products are “green”.
“@Sony latest cameras are garbage”, says Digital Camera World. They are meaning quite literally, Sony is using SORPLAZ and recycled PET Water bottles to produce their cameras.