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Recycle your clothes

Oct 24

Posted by Sam T in Clothing

What do you do with your old clothes?

Until last week I just kinda threw them away or, if they still are usable, give them away to some kind of charity. But the worn out clothes has still gone into the regular trash.
That is going to change. The last time I went to the recycling-station I noticed that there was a “new” dumper for just textiles.
After a little bit of a googling I also found this link from Inhabitat: Inhabitat » RECYCLED BLUE JEAN INSULATION by Bonded Logic

So now the the unusable clothes becomes good stuff too. :D

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Green Jeans

Nov 9

Posted by Sam T in Clothing

Inhabitat » Blog Archive » SUSTAINABLE STYLE SUNDAY: Green Jeans
“Blue jeans are a staple of almost everyone’s wardrobe – man, woman, young and old. Its safe to say that we’d all like to find the perfect pair of jeans that will fit our values as well as they fit our bums. Today we are bringing you a roundup of our favorite eco-friendly jeans.”

When i bought my latest pair of jeans I was actually wondering about what brands and models would be/could be considered “green”. Here is an answer and a collection of brands that manufacture sustainable jeans. Toss these together with a pair of worn|Again and a nice, friendly, shirt (tips? anyone?) and I will be fit and happy for a while.

I presume that it will be tough to find these brands somewhere around here (Falun, Sweden) though, and I still feel a little cautious about buying clothing online.

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Worn again… sort of

Jun 17

Posted by Sam T in Clothing

WORN|AGAIN is another place to get your feet all dressed up nice in an eco-friendly kind of way.

They too, as Terra Plana does, focus on producing footwear made from recycled and environment-friendly materials.
Just think about it. Why buy shoes with NEW material when you can make perfectly fine, and decent looking, ones using 99% recycled materials?

While at it; check out Anti Apacthy for more tips.

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Terra Plana – Recycled Footwear

Jun 6

Posted by Sam T in Clothing

Check out Terra Plana for some recycled Footwear.
No, not second-hand. Recycled.

Take a look at their shoes. Some of them is made from recycled rubber, reclycled leather, cloth from old t-shirts or in some cases old coffee bags, and recycled stuffing.
As a nice bonus, the look nice too.

I wonder where to get these in Sweden.

Found via TreeHugger.com

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