Liu Wen and Guinevere Van Seenus were photographed for Vogue’s September issue at a recycling facility wearing upcycled and regenerated clothing by Marine Serre, Stella McCartney, CDLM, and Everlane. “We need to get used to looking at things and understanding that nothing actually goes ‘away’ [when we throw it out]—there is no ‘away,’” explains Stacy Flynn, the CEO of . She came to that realization nearly a decade ago on a sourcing trip in China, where she found herself in a factory town so polluted she couldn’t see her colleague standing next to her through the smog. “I realized how impactful and damaging our industry is to the environment, and began adding up all the millions of yards of fabric I’d made over the course of my career…. I was contributing to the problem,” she says. She launched Evrnu in 2015 and recently unveiled a groundbreaking technology that breaks cotton waste down into a liquid, then remakes it into stronger, higher-performing fibers. A recent included a hoodie made from Evrnu’s regenerated cotton. “Cotton and polyester make up 90% of all clothing, and both fibers require tremendous amounts of resources,” Flynn says. “Consumers throw away about 80% of their textiles […]
Latest Articles
A New Wireless EV Charging Road is Currently Under Construction in Germany
Takeaways: Germany is building the first-ever public wireless road project to charge an electric bus travelling to the city.
The supplier Electreon will put...
Is Cellular Agriculture the Future of Food Production?
Takeaways: Cellular agriculture is a form of lab technology that uses a base material to cultivate a usable product.
This technology allows food to...
How Floating Battery Buoys Could Curb Shipping Emissions in Ports.
How Floating Battery Buoys Could Curb Shipping Emissions in Ports. Floating Battery Buoys could Curb Shipping Emissions...
Critically Endangered Chimpanzee Born at Chester Zoo Offers New Species Hope
Takeaways: A critically endangered Western chimpanzee has been born at the Chester Zoo.
There are only 18 000 individuals left in the world due...
Emerging Technologies and Trends in Better-for-you and More Sustainable Food and Beverages
Emerging Technologies and Trends in Better-for-you and More Sustainable Food and Beverages Guest Post by: Julia Stamberger, Co-founder and...
Batteries That Store Energy Using Rusting Iron Could Help Decarbonize the Grid
Takeaways: Form Energy is building batteries using a common element - iron.
These batteries can store a lot of energy, so you can keep...