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Building sustainability
November 28th, 2022
Bio-based Dyneema rope. Photo: Material ConneXion There is an abundance of information available about sustainability that, while conveying much, can lack clarity and simplicity. A simple and clear directive regarding sustainability is needed: if you produce something, anything, to be “sustainable” (leaving aside the social aspects for the moment) you need to: Use renewable and/or […]
Ecoalf upcycles ocean trash into yarns for fabric
February 19th, 2016
The Ecoalf Foundation has embarked on what it calls its most ambitious project: upcycling ocean plastic waste by collecting the trash from the seabed and transforming it into plastic yarn to make fabrics. Ecoalf, through its Ecoalf Foundation funded HAPfoundation, has already launched the project, which aims to show that it is possible to clean the […]