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Innovative Recycled Gift Box

hea Kothari and Rishika create eco-conscious packaging. need for raw material extraction
Reddy of The Mend Commonly used items in this leading to less mining, drilling and
Packaging are into recycling venture are recycled corrugated logging activities. Also, the energy
28 types of waste, from coffee board, bioplastic, and rigid board. and water used in recycling is lower
Rhusk, cardboard, bagasse, They operate from New York and to processing raw materials. This
Ayurvedic tablets, banana waste Hyderabad. helps reduce landfill waste and
to make gift box packaging. The cuts down methane emissions from
two are also experimenting with Terraform and banana fibre are decomposing materials. Recycling
banana leather, made from fibres innovative materials across various reduces our reliance on finite
extracted from crop waste, to industries. Recycling reduces the natural resources.

Second-hand Sustainable Fashion Dung To Biogas

hreadUp buys and sells discarded clothes. These clothes he Municipal Corporation
second-hand clothing, could be dropped off at a FedEx, of Manesar (MCM)
including a ‘Clean Out Bag’ UPS location for a free shipping. is planning to set up
option, aimed at reducing The process involves 12-point a compressed biogas
Tfashion waste, increasing the inspection on every piece of Tplant to generate energy
lifespan of items through resale, clothing, right from assessing the from solid waste materials
reuse and recycling. It deals with apparel for its quality standards, produced in the municipal area
over 55,000 brands which sell for getting them photographed and through galvanising organic
up to 90% of the estimated retail listed. Sold discarded clothes are bio-agro resources (Gobar).
price and is attempting to create transported by ThreadUp to the The biogas plant will not only
a sustainable fashion future by buyer. The clothes owner gets cash maintain cleanliness but also
helping users clean out instead of or shopping credit for brands like help eliminate vector-borne
throwing out. Launched in 2009, Kate Spade, Torrid, Hollister. diseases. Organic manure
the first distribution centre opened The growing appeal towards produced will be used in
at Mechanicsburg (Pennsylvania) second-hand clothes shopping deals agriculture and gas will be
in 2011. with the benefits, from great deals, supplied to households. A
The process starts with an vintage style, less waste, reduced private firm will be responsible
order placed for a free ‘Clean impact on the planet and unique for installing, operating, and
Out Bag’ for picking up used and styles. managing the plant.

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