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CBC News - How fast fashion adds to the world's clothing waste problem (Marketplace)

Fast fashion is a major contributor to the world's clothing waste problem. Many of us give our old clothes to charity or drop them in a store take-back bin, but you might be surprised to learn most of it is sold and can end up in the landfill.

TED - The surprising solution to ocean plastic | David Katz

Can we solve the problem of ocean plastic pollution and end extreme poverty at the same time? That's the ambitious goal of The Plastic Bank: a worldwide chain of stores where everything from school tuition to cooking fuel and more is available for purchase in exchange for plastic garbage -- which is then sorted, shredded and sold to brands who reuse "social plastic" in their products.

Lombard Odier - The 10 steps to a circular economy

What if one of the solutions to a sustainable future is within our reach? It is and it's called circularity – the economic principle of sharing, repairing, refurbishing, recycling, remanufacturing and reusing as much as possible to minimise waste and the extraction & creation of virgin materials.

euronews - Circular economy: reshaping Europe's textile industry

Business Planet heads to Italy to see how an innovative project is attempting to boost Europe's circular economy.
Founded almost a century ago near Monza, Parà specialises in textiles - the firm makes acrylic awnings and outdoor furniture. The company is proud of its heritage and the quality of its products, some of which adorned the White House during the Obama presidency.

How SABIC is driving progress, one piece of recycled plastic at a time

Every day around the world, hundreds of millions of plastic packaging and products are used, then discarded. Only a small proportion find their way into recycling bins, and much of the waste end up polluting the environment due to dumping, open burning and disposal in waterways.