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Hellmann’s Hops Into Shoe Space with New Sneakers Made from Food Waste
Unilever-owned mayonnaise brand Hellmann's Canada has partnered with Italian sustainable fashion label ID.Eight to launch a limited-edition collection of sneakers made from food waste.
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Saveggy Raises €1.76M for Plastic-Free Edible Cucumber Packaging
Swedish packaging solutions startup Saveggy has raised SEK 20M (€1.76M) to scale up its plastic-free, plant-based coating for fruits and vegetables, starting with cucumbers.
Lund-based Saveggy's latest funding round of €1.76M!-->!-->!-->…
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Meal Reveal: Hellmann’s Launches AI Recipe Tool to Cut Household Food Waste
Unilever-owned mayo brand Hellmann's has rolled out an AI-enabled tool that uses an ingredient scan to produce recipes that can help households use up food and reduce waste.
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Q&A with Redress & The R Collective Founder Christina Dean: ‘Our Work is Just a Few Little Sprinkles of Goodness Right Now’
Christina Dean, founder and CEO of Redress and The R Collective, speaks to Green Queen about the evolution of sustainable fashion, what she's learnt in her 17 years as an activist, and the impact of online shopping and e-commerce.
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Is This the World’s First Compostable, Plastic-Free Sportswear Range?
Exercise can be more sustainable now, thanks to Community Clothing's new Organic Athletic sportswear line, which is free from plastics and can decompose in your garden in as little as a week.
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Citizen Planet: 10 Things to Do for the Climate in 2024
If you're looking for a New Year's resolution, here are 10 things you can do in 2024 to curb your footprint and planetary impact and tackle climate change.
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12 Ways of Christmas: Holiday Rules for the Climate-Conscious
Christmas is one of the most joyful and wasteful days of the year – with lots of food and lots of waste producing stats that make for uncomfortable reading. Here's how you can have a more eco-conscious holiday this year.
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Food Waste or Wasted Food? Spare Food Co. Bets on Upcycled Vegetables for Blended Meat
The Spare Food Co. has introduced Spare Starter, a plant-based "culinary shortcut" made with a blend of upcycled produce and spices that can replace a portion of conventional animal protein in dishes like burgers, meatballs and chillis.
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Upcycled Cacao Fruit Juice, Anyone? Investors Gave Swiss-Ghanaian Startup $15M to Scale Koa Pure
Swiss-Ghanian startup Koa has raised $15M in Series B funding to scale up its upcycled cacao business, develop more products and intensify regenerative agriculture practices to involve over 10,000 more farmers and address the climate!-->…
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Zero-Waste Christmas: 4 Gourmet Cocktails (& Mocktails) You Can Start Making Now
It's only Thanksgiving and we might be hitting a tipping point with Christmas content already, so this is probably three months too late – but in case you're like me and still planning your Christmas menu, here are a few cocktails (both!-->…
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The Best Home Composters to Cut Down on Food Waste & Lower Emissions
Food waste is a massive problem across the globe, and while governments need to step up their efforts, there are some things we as consumers can do to help the cause – here are some of the best home composters you can buy, alongside their!-->…
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Notpla: Earthshot Prize Winner’s Seaweed Packaging Named ‘First and Only’ Plastic-Free Material Under EU Regulation
Earthshot Prize-winning British startup Notpla's seaweed-based packaging has become the 'first and only' material recognised as plastic-free by a European Union country, following a nine-month verification process under the EU's Single-Use!-->…
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Food Waste Needs a Rebrand: From Trash to Treasure, Overcoming The Issue’s Image Problem
Food waste is a major global issue with no easy fixes.
By now, we’ve probably all heard the statistic that around one-third of all food produced each year is lost or wasted. That’s the equivalent of each of us putting an entire meal -!-->!-->!-->…
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This Washing Machine Filter Captures 98% of the Microplastics Released from Your Laundry
Slovenian startup PlanetCare has launched the second iteration of its microfibre-absorbing laundry filter, which can capture 98% of all pollutants from washing machine wastewater. Now made from recycled plastic, its cartridges are!-->…
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Stone Fruit Kernel Milk: Austrian Startup Lands €12M Series A, Eyes US Launch in 2025
Austrian food tech startup Kern Tec, which upcycles stone fruit pits into plant-based dairy alternatives, has raised €12M in a Series A funding round. The brand's co-founder Luca Fichtinger tells Green Queen that it aims to scale up!-->…
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Unpopular Opinion: Second-Hand Luxury Fashion Is Not Fixing Our Global Waste Problem
The paradox of pride: an anthropologist and marketing professor on why second-hand fashion is not a true threat to the luxury industry.
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Goodbye, Leather: Apple Ditches Luxury Material for Eco-Friendly Woven Fabric Alternative
In its annual September event, Apple announced it's ending the use of leather from all its products – including Apple Watch bands and iPhone cases – to meet its 2030 carbon neutrality target. While it remains tight-lipped on what its!-->…
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Eco Fashion Platform Releases Documentary Celebrating Singapore’s Sustainable Fashion Space
Singaporean design discovery platform Zerrin's new documentary, 'The State of Sustainable Fashion in Singapore', spotlights local creatives and thought leaders advocating for a more responsible fashion industry. We spoke to Zerrin founder!-->…
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Scrappy Eats: 8 of the Best Zero-Waste Cookbooks for a More Sustainable Kitchen
With sustainable eating becoming a bigger priority for consumers post-pandemic, alongside the aim to be more frugal amid the cost-of-living crisis, cutting down on waste is more important than ever. To that end, here are some of the most!-->…
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From Beans to Buildings: Scientists Recycle Coffee Grounds To Make High-Performance Eco Concrete
A team of engineers at Australia's RMIT University has developed a process to turn spent coffee grounds into biochar, which can be used to make concrete that's nearly 30% stronger. The process can help reduce the amount of coffee waste!-->…
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Meet The Brand That Upcycles Food Waste Into Better-For-You Cookies, Chocolate & Pasta
It isn't your everyday sugar alternative – it's real sugar, just made from fibres. It's not just wholewheat pasta, it's one made from the whole wheat plant. It's food made from food waste, and it's better for you and the planet.!-->…
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