Experts at the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI), have recently found record levels of microplastic in arctic sea ice. However, the majority of particles were microscopically small. The ice ...
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Producer and marketer of recycled nylon fibres Aquafil has entered into a partnership with Outerknown, a new menswear apparel brand founded by 11 time world champion surfer Kelly Slater. An Aquafil press release informed that ...
Tags: textile manufacture, Nylon Fibres
Project MarineClean was launched in December 2011 in Eastern Europe as a three year project. It is nearing completion. The 1.1 million Euro undertaking aims to decrease marine litter, one of the major ecological threats, in four areas of ...
Interface, which publicly issued a Mission Zero promise 20 years ago to eliminate any negative effect the manufacturing of its carpet tiles has on the environment by 2020, recently received two sustainability honors. The Architizer A+ ...
Tags: Construction, Rugs
An international team of marine biologists has found mesopelagic fish in the earth's oceans constitute 10 to 30 times more biomass than previously thought. UWA Professor Carlos Duarte says mesopelagic fish – fish that live between ...
The initial phase of Healthy Seas has focused mainly on activities in the North Sea pilot region and resulted in recovering 20 tons of fishing nets. In 2014, Healthy Seas is still looking to cooperate with other ongoing initiatives. ...
Tags: Koru Swimwear, Fabric, Recycled Fishing Net
Carvico relaunches on the market one of the most innovative fabrics ever: XLAnce. The company has this time chosen to go the extra mile developing a “green” version of this classic, the brand new Xlance Eco which boasts ...
Tags: Xlance Fibre, Innovative Fabric
By launching JL Renew, Jersey Lomellina has chosen to offer a range of sustainable fabrics, all produced with a 100% recycled polyamide, deriving from post-consumer materials: fishing nets, rigid tulle, carpet fluff etc... saved from the ...
Healthy Seas celebrates an important milestone in its successful pilot program in the North Sea region. More than 20 tons of discarded fishing nets have been brought in so far, and are being stored in the Healthy Seas depot in Scheveningen ...
Tags: Fishing Nets, Yarn
If light could express sorrow and tears, this could be it. Not to put a sad plague on this ceiling lamp from the designer Ingo Maurer but the Lacrime del Pescatore (fishnet) Pendant Light can be seen in two completely different view points. ...
Tags: Ceiling Lamp, Lights, Lighting
While NeoCon 2013, held recently at the Merchandise Mart in Chicago, saw only a slight increase in attendance—41,488 people this year compared to 40,947 at last year's event—the show was full of energy, optimism and crowded ...
Tags: Construction, Decoration
Tate has partnered with Interface, Inc., to incorporate Interface products into PosiTile, Tate's carpet tile solution for access floors. Each PosiTile carpet tile is sized to match one-to-one with a Tate ConCore access floor panel to ...
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Office manufacturers are starting to respond to the demand for collaborative workspaces by tearing down cubicle walls and offering innovative new visions for workspace, like Herman Miller's Public Office Landscape. With the economy picking ...
Tags: Office Furniture, Furniture, Furnishing
Aquafil, ECNC Land & Sea Group and Star Sock have together established the "Healthy Seas, a Journey from Waste to Wear" Initiative. The main objective of this Healthy Seas Initiative is to remove waste, in particular fishing nets, and ...
Tags: Textile
Aquafil, ECNC Land & Sea Group and Star Sock have together established the “Healthy Seas, a Journey from Waste to Wear” Initiative. The main objective of this Healthy Seas Initiative is to remove waste, in particular fishing ...
Tags: textile products, textile, textile industry