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Vilde Svaner

11. February 2011

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Over 60% of a garment’s carbon footprint takes place after it comes out of the factory.  To make things a little more sustainable the girls at Vilde Svaner, previously known as Mädchentraum (The Dream of Girls) are applying the concept of food miles to the fashion world. Everything is made in Germany or has a [...]

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Used billboards

7. July 2010

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Used billboards

Over 100,000 tons of vinyl billboards are produced worldwide every year. And they are huge contributors to industrial waste: while an advertising campaign only lasts three months, the discarded billboard will be at least 100 years in a landfill. That is where US based Vy&Elle come in. They’ve managed to reclaim and recycle over [...]

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