If you have a day where you’re going to break out the sewing needles and patch up everything you own, you’re going to keep pushing that day farther and farther back. But if it becomes your Sunday morning or Thursday night ritual to repair one piece, you’ll find you run out of close to repair rather quickly
While some materials such as aluminum can be melted down and recycled near indefinitely, most materials lose quality when they are recycled. Plastic food containers cannot be remade into new food containers. That plastic has to become a cheaper product such as building insulation, while new virgin plastic has to be made to make more plastic food containers. This loss of value is why traditional recycling can be more accurately described as downcycling.
Fast fashion is mass produced ready-to-wear products that bring on a sameness, like with all mass production. These brands then keep the clothing interesting by putting out so many lines that you're constantly looking for new, which is a main reason why we have so much waste.
The worry is that because China accepted so much waste, there is no way the US can make up for the loss of it as a buyer, and plastic waste is building up at docks and in municipalities
Happy New Years! We hope you’ve been enjoying your first few days of 2019. To help start of the new year on a positive note, here is a list of some of the coolest environmental news of 2018.
What exactly does upcycling mean? What makes upcycling different from recycling, and why is it all the rage amongst environmentally minded communities? Find out with our article here, posted in collaboration with NYC sustainable stylist Lauren Engelke.
The term Upcycling came to prominence in 2002, but the idea of Upcycling has been around for as long as humanity has been making waste that could be Upcycled. At Rust and Fray, we love Upcycling in all its forms, so we’ve got a collection of Upcycling ideas that your Grandparents and Great Grandparents might’ve done.
Welcome to our series Sustainably Chic. Each month we internet-window shop for two new outfits all chosen from sustainable, ethical, and environmental brands, and we make sure at least one of those outfits has no animal products for our vegan readers.
Mimesis is the concept in the art world of art imitating life, and with the massive amount of trash we throw out daily, it’s no wonder that artists are putting that uglier side of the world in the spotlight. Here are 5 artists exposing the realities of our unsustainable disposable lifestyle.
6 Zero-Waste Fashion Tips for Men. At Rust and Fray, we’ve noticed a lack of zero-waste articles geared for men and masculine presenting people, so we've compiled this list of 6 tips for men to be more fashionable while minimizing their impact on the environment.
