Following Ana Sacks’ viral TikTok video, luxury design brand Coach announced it would stop destroying damaged merchandise. Sacks is a highly passionate environmental activist and having learned that Coach deliberately destroy their own products drove her to go public with her findings. @thetrashwalker #coach #donatedontdump #retailmademe #dumpsterdiving #shopping #climatechange #haul #free #eco #recycle #donate #nyc […]
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]]>Following Ana Sacks’ viral TikTok video, luxury design brand Coach announced it would stop destroying damaged merchandise. Sacks is a highly passionate environmental activist and having learned that Coach deliberately destroy their own products drove her to go public with her findings.
@thetrashwalker #coach #donatedontdump #retailmademe #dumpsterdiving #shopping #climatechange #haul #free #eco #recycle #donate #nyc #thrift #repair #fashion #style ♬ Waltz of the Flowers – The Nutcracker – Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Sack’s TikTok video shows slashed Coach purses she claims to have bought from another environmental activist named Dumpster Diving Mama. Sacks describes Coach’s anti-environmental policy with obvious anger, opening with a sarcastic “welcome to my first unboxing video” statement.
“As you can see, they’re all slashed, which is Coache’s policy,” says Sacks on her now-viral video. “This is what they do with unwanted merchandise, they’re ordering employees to deliberately so no one can use it, and then they write it off as a tax write-off is if it was accidentally destroyed.”
Sacks then goes on to expose the brand’s hypocritical conduct: she talks about Coach’s repair program for their bags, citing bits of text from their website stating that they’re environmentally friendly, supporting sustainability, and encouraging consumers to repair their Coach products rather than throwing them away. The TikTok video, gaining almost 3 million views in just a little over a week, drove Coach to release an official statement saying they’re going to stop destroying in-store returns of damaged goods. Ana – 1, anti-environmentalism – 0.
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From fashion and food to fitness and lifestyle, sustainability is taking over just about every industry. The beauty industry is no exception and brands are trying to reduce their carbon footprint and the waste and pollution they produce. To do so they’ve come up with eco-friendly ways to source materials like upcycling ingredients. Among the […]
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]]>From fashion and food to fitness and lifestyle, sustainability is taking over just about every industry. The beauty industry is no exception and brands are trying to reduce their carbon footprint and the waste and pollution they produce. To do so they’ve come up with eco-friendly ways to source materials like upcycling ingredients. Among the many beauty products being upcycled is fragrances. So, what are upcycled fragrances?
Upcycling in the beauty industry involves using products like coffee grounds in body scrubs or lanolin, a byproduct of wool washing, in moisturizers. In regards to upcycled fragrances, they’re fragrances that have been made with essences and other scent materials that came from waste and byproducts.
You can create them at home with carrier oil and leftover herbs, spices, and fruit rinds. Larger brands source the ingredients from flowers, spices, fruits, wood, grasses, resins, sandalwood, and agarwood.
Upcycling fragrances reduces the amount of waste made during the manufacturing process and they can cut back on the number of new materials being sourced.
If you’re worried about if the “trashed” ingredients actually smell good, don’t. In some ways they have an even more intense smell than they once did, which can take fragrances to a whole new level.
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While we all know that plastic straws are not the most eco-friendly way to drink an iced coffee or a delicious milkshake, paper alternatives just dissolve too quickly and end up annoying us every single time. Is there some other way to drink something through a straw without adding to the pollution in the world? […]
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]]>While we all know that plastic straws are not the most eco-friendly way to drink an iced coffee or a delicious milkshake, paper alternatives just dissolve too quickly and end up annoying us every single time. Is there some other way to drink something through a straw without adding to the pollution in the world? There is now.
The Famous Pasta Straws (@stroodles_straws)Stroodles is a company from the U.K. that makes biodegradable straws using nothing but wheat and water. That makes their straws eco-friendly, vegan, and edible. Additionally, they won’t change the flavor of your favorite drink and they can be used for at least an hour in cold drinks.
“Stroodles is not just another straw company! Stroodles is a movement. Stroodles is here to help fight plastic waste and straws are just our first channel of choice,” the company’s website reads. And in case you were wondering, they pack all the misshaped stroodles and send them to food banks so they don’t go to waste!
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Reducing plastic waste is crucial if we want to have a healthy planet for many years to come. People are becoming more and more aware of the negative effects plastic has on the environment, and many are replacing it with other materials whenever possible. Carrying your own water bottle instead of buying a disposable plastic […]
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]]>Reducing plastic waste is crucial if we want to have a healthy planet for many years to come. People are becoming more and more aware of the negative effects plastic has on the environment, and many are replacing it with other materials whenever possible. Carrying your own water bottle instead of buying a disposable plastic one every day is a good thing, but it may not be enough. The real problem is – what do we do with the plastic that’s already in the environment?
A duo from Wellington, New Zealand, came to an idea to recycle old plastic bottles into eco-friendly raincoats. They are called Okewa and right now, they are getting funded on Kickstarter.
They are really devoted to creating perfectly designed pieces that you can wear whenever it rains without feeling guilty for using plastic. We love how they combine practical and elegant to make a product that is 100% wearable in many different situations.
Take a look at the pictures below and decide yourself – aren’t these raincoats amazing?
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