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Asics upcycles sportswear to create Olympic uniforms

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Asics upcycles sportswear to create Olympic uniforms

The official uniforms for Japan’s teams in the Tokyo 2020 Olympics will be created from thousands of pieces of pre-owned sportswear.

Material : Sport : Sustainability

BMW recycles old ads to promote pre-owned cars

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BMW recycles old ads to promote pre-owned cars

The campaign promotes the rebranding of BMW’s pre-owned car programme, based on the tagline ‘Like New Again’.

Automotive : Advertising : Recycling

Award-winning biodegradable credit card tackles climate change

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Award-winning biodegradable credit card tackles climate change

Finland – The Bank of Aland’s card, which won a Grand Prix award at Cannes 2017, helps users to track their carbon footprint.

Finance : Sustainability : Recycling

Monki announces a new sustainability campaign

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Monki announces a new sustainability campaign

Sweden – An accompanying campaign video highlights easy adjustments consumers can make to save energy and protect the environment.

Fashion : Retail : Sustainability

Sustainable symbols

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Sustainable symbols

Global – Stella McCartney has launched the Clevercare series to help consumers care better for their clothes and the environment.

Stella McCartney : Sustainability : Luxury

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Resale retail

US – According to a new report from ThredUp, apparel resale is on the rise.

Whole-system Thinking : Recycling : Millennials

Material innovation

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Material innovation

Global – H&M Foundation has announced the shortlist for its annual Global Change Award.

H&M : Whole-System Thinking : Material Futures

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Gold for tech

Tokyo – The Olympic organising committee is encouraging people to donate their old gadgets to be recycled into medals.

Olympic Games : Whole-systems Thinking : Sustainability

Reclaim rubbish

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Reclaim rubbish

Copenhagen – The Wasteland exhibition exhibition examines consumers’ perceptions of waste and its future applications.

Wasteland : Sustainability : Whole-system Thinking

Re-imagined waste

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Re-imagined waste

Dubai – Zuleika Penniman has presented a collection of interior objects that challenge the perception of bi-products at Dubai Design Week.

Dubai : Middle East : Luxury Design

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Penny wise

UK – Since the launch of the 5p plastic bag charge in October 2015, consumers have taken home 6bn fewer bags.

Whole-system Thinking : Sustainability : Recycling

Preview: Waste Warriors

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Preview: Waste Warriors

Global – Waste Warriors looks at people taking mindful consumption to new levels, producing just a few scraps of rubbish each month.

Waste Warriors : Zero Waste : Psychographics

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Arms race

Cupertino, California – Apple’s latest innovation is a 29-armed robot that deconstructs iPhones piece by piece.

Apple : Liam : Recycling

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Social stay

Seoul – Hotel Cappuccino asks guests to think carefully about the things they consume during their stay.

Hotel Cappuccino : Shared Value : Recycling

Sharing is caring

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Sharing is caring

Sweden – Visit Sweden and the Swedish Institute have launched a novel fashion concept designed to curb waste and encourage sharing.

Sweden : Visit Sweden : Swedish Institute

Fashion’s bright future

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Fashion’s bright future

London – Selfridges has announced its shortlist for Bright New Things 2016, a celebration of UK companies working with sustainable fashion.

Selfridges : Bright New Things : Bright Young Things

Preview: Recycling Rebranded

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Preview: Recycling Rebranded

Brands are creating marketing campaigns that assert their commitment to the fight against waste.

Recycling : H&M : Branding

Recycling Rebranded

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Recycling Rebranded

Fashion retailers are finding ways to negotiate the desire for sustainability by creating a new aesthetic around recycling.

Recycling : Closed-loop : H&M

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Always moving

Global – Hyundai has explored resource circulation and mobility in a captivating short film from production design studio Universal Everything.

Universal Everything : Hyundai : Running Man

Closed-loop fashion

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Closed-loop fashion

Global – Retailer H&M has released a new aspirational video with a twist.

H&M : Forsman & Bodenfors : Close The Loop

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Peak plastic

Amsterdam – Cities, a community-based urban initiative, has launched Wasted, a neighbourhood laboratory for plastic waste upcycling.

Wasted : Wasted Lab : Amsterdam

New Designers Part Two 2015

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New Designers Part Two 2015

Now in its 30th year, New Designers continues to highlight graduate talent across multiple design disciplines. At the Part Two show, there was an...

New Designers 2015 : Part Two : Graduate Show

Fast fashion hackers

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Fast fashion hackers

Amsterdam – Fashion label Van Slobbe Van Benthum (VSVB) has launched a Hacked collection made from upcycled clothing.

Hacked : VSVB : Hotel Droog

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Ocean clean-up

Herzogenaurach, Germany – Adidas is the latest big brand to show off its eco-credentials.

Parley For The Oceans : Adidas : Marine Waste

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Luxury waste

London – Coca-Cola and musician will.i.am have opened the EKOCYCLE sustainable fashion and design concession at luxury department store H...

Ekocycle At Harrods : Will.i.am : Whole-system Thinking

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