The Top 5 Happy Eco News Stories for September 12, 2022

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9 Ways You Can Incorporate Natural Ingredients into Your Morning Routine

Guest Post by: Kylie Martin, Freelance Content Writer

Most of us can agree that the worldwide price increases because of the COVID-19 pandemic and war in Ukraine have gotten out of hand.

Your morning routine skincare should not suffer due to this situation. With just about everything being expensive, it becomes even more difficult to discern quality products that are good for both your skin and the environment.

Apart from value for money issues, there’s also the looming question of how much single-use plastics are prevalent in manufacturing various skincare products. This practice is also concerning as we ought to be conscious of the environmental impact of plastic pollution en masse.

With that in mind, one of the most rapidly expanding developments in the cosmetics industry is incorporating natural ingredients in skin care…[read more].

Does Sustainability Exist? —  Tips on Launching A Slow Fashion Brand and Becoming A Conscious Clothing Consumer

Guest post by: Selina Ho, Founder & CEO of Recloseted

Let’s talk about sustainability. Does it even exist in the modern world that we live in? I’m going to do a deep dive on this topic and discuss how we can balance the “capitalistic society” we live in and leave enough for future generations.

If I’m being honest, the most sustainable thing to do would be to live in the wild — hunt and forage our food, wear rags/minimal clothing, and not go anywhere except by foot. We would have to live like the Stone Age.

If you have a business, the most sustainable thing to do would be NOT to start a company because every activity has an environmental impact — there’s no getting around that. Even if you incorporate sustainability practices, your business still utilizes materials, electricity, carbon, energy, etc.

However, we live in a modern world and it’s not realistic to completely revert back to the Stone Age. That’s why we believe that the goal of sustainability is to balance our current modern-day lifestyles while leaving enough for future generations…[read more].

Products That Never Enter Landfill? Been There, Done That, Got the T-shirt

Guest Post by: Sofia Voudouroglou, Team Member at TeeMill

On a small island in the UK, one company has built a solution big enough to tackle the problem of waste in the fashion industry. And the good news – anyone can be a part of it.

Every day, worldwide, 100 billion items of clothing are produced. 99% of those will end up in a landfill. It’s a system that doesn’t make much sense, because in spite of what we call them – trash, waste, rubbish – materials are worth something. Whilst the problem is huge, the solution is simple: take the linear economy we currently have, where we make, use and then waste products, and turn it into a circular one. That way we can take material from the end and use it at the start to make new products, so nothing is wasted.

Re-thinking the economy: linear to circular

Our current economy, supply chains and consumption systems are all geared towards a linear model. Material is turned into a product, which is used and then thrown away…[read more].

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