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Sea resources: Bysco’s naturally sourced textile fiber from mussel waste

Bysco developed a textile fiber that comes from mussel secretions. Its technical properties can allow the replacement of synthetic fibers like fiberglass and polyester

Martina Tondo

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A third of all second-hand clothing shipped to Kenya is plastic waste in disguise

Textile waste disposal markets are vital in Kenya. However, discarded dispatches coming from Western countries are responsible for turning the Global South as a textile dumping ground

Martina Tondo

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Enea’s zero-waste approach: turning arthropods byproducts into chitosan

Chitosan extraction from marine resources and fungi: Enea Trisaia Research’s goal to achieve sustainable, cost-effective, and large-scale production that doesn’t rely on petrochemicals

Martina Tondo

Marseille

Tuba Club, Marseille: save water, shower together – hôtellerie facing waste reduction

Tuba Club’s co-founders Greg Gassa and Fabrice Denizot: «80% of the raw materials are from Marseille and southern France» – roughness and commitment on the rocks of the French Riviera

Estelle Lesault

London

Isola Design, from Milan to London to build an exhibition using waste material

Nothing Happens if Nothing Happens: Isola Design for a circular design approach based on using regenerative resources, reducing carbon dioxide emissions, and repurposing waste materials

Debora Vitulano

Humanities

Hidden waste – 23 million returned and unsold garments sent to landfill or incinerated

From the report it emerged that thirty-six percent of the responders in the Millennials age group (26-41 years old) were classified as high-intensity returners

Roberta Fabbrocino

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Using beauty and ugliness together – Thirza Schaap’s plastic waste sculptures

Hidden behind the surface – In her photographs, Dutch artist Thirza Schaap uses plastic waste as a material to create sculptures that mix daintiness and disgust

Roberta Fabbrocino

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Trashion Report – Clothing waste from Europe is harming people and nature in Kenya

Trashion, the stealth export of waste plastic clothes to Kenya – Wealthy countries’ fashion addiction is impacting the Global South through the used clothes trade

Roberta Fabbrocino

naturally sourced, textile fibers

Organic waste can threaten eco-systems. Osmose Studio use hemp that farmers throw away

Osmose Studio, a UK-based studio, is working with mycelium to create fungi-based leather in a market which is having hard times in shifting to more sustainable production

India Gustin

Digital intelligence, textile fibers

A ready-to-order platform to tackle textile waste circulation: BYBORRE’s case

The textile supply chain is broken. Borre Akkersdijk inventor of a digital tool to reduce sampling and waste: «Going digital is about democracy»

Martina Tondo

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Artichokes and Peapods: record high waste turning into packaging

With the world creating twice as much plastic garbage as it did twenty years ago and only 9% being properly recycled comes Packioli: turning food waste into biodegradable packaging

Farah Hassan

naturally sourced, textile fibers

Textiles made with human hair: a wasted resource for the industry?

The design industry could benefit from the use of natural fiber – but at what cost? Comparing hair and wool, raw materials whose characteristics are alike

Martina Tondo

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Slow fashion and electronic e-waste – an endeavor towards the jewelry industry

Ashley Heather, founder of AuTerra, walks us through the philosophy behind a model of jewelry production that aims to return to a concept of ‘slow fashion’

Nina Purton

Nuclear waste

Editorial Team

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How to dispose of nuclear energy waste efficiently to make it never come back

Dr. Henry Crichlow, CEO of Nuclear SAFE, on the patented technology he invented: he believes it could bring the nuclear industry forward on the disposal side

Martina Tondo

naturally sourced, textile fibers

What if we could introduce human waste as a material in the production chain?

Human Material Loop is a project researching ways to integrate human hair as a sustainable material for the industry into a zero-waste recycling system

Martina Tondo

Hungry fungi and moldy bread for leather-alternatives: food waste finds purpose

«To alleviate the problems associated with food waste, while simultaneously contributing to sustainable fashion». The problem statement tackled by scientist Akram Zamani

Aarushi Saxena

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Tackling fashion’s waste problem with compostability – Three students from Central Saint Martins

Three students from Central Saint Martins created a fashion film centering a garment made of paper cups, eggshells and cornstarch – then buried it after filming

Selin Hatunoglu

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Via Veneto, Rome: the upcoming hotellerie through renewable energy and waste reduction programs

With their Belle Arti-approved restorations, the 5-stars hotels in Via Veneto are pursuing programs of waste reduction, km0 products, energy consumption reduction and renewable energy usage

Maria Bellotto

Design & Architecture, naturally sourced

Nature takes over urban waste. What will need to live in synchrony with nature

The Tree Column is Blast Studio’s latest design. Made from recycled coffee cups and mycelium, it is yet another viable option for the future in sustainability

India Gustin

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Wasteocene: «extracting water from waste should be made a priority». Matt Boczkowski, Aquaporin

Ninety-nine percent of the world population has PFASs in their bodies from polluted drinking water. Improving water filtration can help regain consumer trust and reduce plastic waste

Matilde Moro

blockchain, Digital intelligence

Cinderela project is testing the way Circular Economy can be implemented in wastewater management

In Europe, the construction sector accounts for one-third of all EU waste, one-third of all water consumed, makes up for the largest share of the total EU final energy consumption

Roberta Fabbrocino

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How paper waste can get up-cycled instead of down-cycled – the case of Honext

Barcelona-based startup Honext has developed a way to transform paper waste into panels, using materials which already exist rather than consuming raw materials

India Gustin

Digital intelligence

Waste, raw materials and data: industries to re-think their production and logistics

In conversation with Pei Yun Teng, Global Director of Social Impact at A.T. Kearney on how consulting is helping businesses develop their sustainability mission

Zofia Zwieglinska

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Challenges in developing materials for the automotive sector: Volkswagen is reusing coffee waste

Silverskin: Volkswagen is developing, among a series of bio-based materials, a leatherette with coffee waste as a principal component of the filling

Chiara Narciso

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Zeefier – Developing natural dyes out of seaweed waste streams

If abundant, seaweed can create all sorts of problems for the environment. Zeefier has come up with a solution which tackles both that problem as well as eliminating synthetic dyes

India Gustin

Design & Architecture, naturally sourced

Krill Design – the world’s first completely circular lamp is made from one-hundred percent food waste

«When you want to discard the lamp, you can separate the components by yourself so they are removable». In conversation with Marilù Osculati on just how much further we need to go

India Gustin

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Oway – «Don’t Black Out The Future»: a manifesto against wasteful design and consumer habits

«Don’t consume the future, consume responsibly», Oway’s commitment to go beyond with sustainable cosmetic products, design and distribution

Glesni Trefor Williams

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Orms, Material passports – fighting waste, by keeping track of how and where materials as used

To achieve circularity and transparence London-based architecture studio, Orms, is proposing a manifesto for material passports

Matilde Moro

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Cotton versus polyester: If you use waste material which is already there, you keep it in the loop

Following the Ioncell process, a team of researchers have found a way to dissolve cotton from polyester blends and transform them into new fibers

India Gustin

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Avocado and onion peels are the new black: natural dyes made with food waste

«Using food waste to produce dyes tackles the sustainability problem from different angles». A conversation with Cara Marie Piazza, Creative Director at CMP Dye House

Maria Bellotto

Paris, Perfumery

Sana Jardin – perfumes from flower waste to give Berber women their own power

Sustainable production as a vehicle for social impact: for Sana Jardin, Berber and Amazigh women learn to upcycle floral waste. In conversation with Amy Christiansen

Celia Lyttelton

Humanities

Textile Clay and laundry waste: Jorge Penadés, Microfiber as a raw material rather than pollutant

The Spanish designer Jorge Penadés recreates traditional handicraft materials using microfiber pollutants instead of natural resources

Aarushi Saxena

Humanities

Flowers and Art: William Farr puts together flowers and waste materials

«It’s a statement on nature, detritus, about chaos and about human hunt». William Farr’s artworks questioning on materialistic obsessions and human assumptions

Eugenia Pacelli

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Urban waste and recycling – Dansk Retursystem tackling a centuries-old problem

In 2019, 502 kg of municipal waste per capita were generated on average in the EU, with Romania generating 208 kg of municipal waste and Denmark producing 844 kg of municipal waste

Roberta Fabbrocino

Collections

From upcycling marine waste to mixing surfwear with couture.

Designer Antonin Tron: «I never claimed that ATLEIN is sustainable, because as long as you’re creating something, you’re creating waste. It’s not a perfect system»

Karolina Liczbinska

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No more waste. The application of a pricing strategy that allows to avoid scraps

«The pre-order pricing model is something that existed before. Combining it with digitization, new models can be found». In conversation with the founders of ATACAC and Artknit

Sofia Busignani

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Is zero waste just a new marketing move or a properly transparent practice?

In conversation with Holly McQuillan, who discusses the misconception in the zero waste term and suggests new machinery and business models as alternatives in promoting the system

Zofia Zwieglinska

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Plasticiet – Tackling the design industry’s plastic waste problem with Terrazzo

Melting plastic in the toast oven has gradually upgraded to the large capacity pizza oven – a story of the Rotterdam-based building company talking with Joost Dingemans

Zofia Zwieglinska

call to action, textile fibers

Textile recycle in Italy – How to avoid the waste of scraps from the industry

In Italy there are companies and cooperatives that can inform the fashion system on the value of use, instead of possession, of garments and textiles

Sofia Busignani

naturally sourced, textile fibers

Don’t cry over spilled milk – Mi Terro: from food waste into fabric

Whilst milk is a natural product, when thrown away, it has the potential to damage the environment as «into a water stream, there is potential that it can sit there and block out the oxygen»

Alice Harrison

Lampoon Issue 29

Ottolinger and womanity: ready to unwear

«We felt something was missing for women in the fashion market». Ottolinger duo, Cosima Gadient and Christa Bösch, forms new vocabularies of the feminine and the thrust towards womanity

Maria Hristina Agut

Lampoon Issue 29

Martin Parr: humor and photography in New Brighton

«People are doing selfies. One thing that has changed is that the selfie stick has died». Martin Parr, the Boiling Lampoon, about humor, beach, and climate change

Isaac Crown Manesis

Lampoon Issue 29

The Boiling Lampoon: the new Spring issue: saliva and bubbles

The new Spring issue is out worldwide: the Boiling Lampoon – a consideration to everything that boils. From the saliva we blow bubbles with, to the sex that warms our delusion

Carlo Mazzoni

Humanities

David Sedaris on his life without his father: I hate married couples

«I wanted gay people to have the right to marry just so they could spit on it later» – David Sedaris: homosexuality, relationship with father, sister’s suicide, partner Hugh, writing

Editorial Team

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Deep Sea Mining: the new gold rush is for minerals

Deep-sea mining: ravaging the oceans in the name of transition. Norway is the first country in the world to say yes to finding raw materials in the ocean depths. Environmentalists take action

Roberta Fabbrocino

forestry

Urban forestry: Valencia European Green Capital 2024

Fourteen years ago, the European Commission created the European Green Capital Award to promote green actions, urban forestry and urban life quality enhancement in European cities

Editorial Team

Collections

Fashion design: creativity must be constrained

If creativity cannot expand on the surface, it descends into the depths. Limits and constraints are needed, to improve the proceed with a responsible design: analysis, examples, chronicles, and references

Carlo Mazzoni

raw materials

Green colonialism: raw materials rush props up

Raw materials – an estimated 100 billion tons (Gt) of raw materials are mined each year. Of these, over 90% came from virgin resources. Less than 10% is coming from recycling

Roberta Fabbrocino

raw materials

When length matters: wool carbon footprint’s impact

The wool debate: Environmental Effects of worsted versus woolen processing – insights for sustainable fashion. When fiber fineness is synonym with luxury but carries environmental concerns

Martina Tondo