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From making algae-sequin dresses, dyeing clothes with bacteria to planting trackable pigments in cotton, an emerging tide of technological innovations offers the fashion industry a chance to clean up its woeful environmental record. Change is urgently needed, since the industry consumes 93 billion cubic meters of water per year, dumps 500,000 tonnes of plastic microfibers into the ocean, and accounts for 10 percent of global carbon emissions, according to the Ellen MacArthur Foundation. The grow...

BBC News By Helen Briggs image captionPolythene is among the most widely-produced materials in the world Scientists have made fabrics from polythene in a move they say could reduce plastic pollution and make the fashion industry more sustainable. Polythene is a ubiquitous plastic, found in everything from plastic bags to food packaging. The new textiles have potential uses in sports wear, and even high-end fashion, according to US researchers. The plastic "cloth" is more environmentally-friendl...

MBR 0shares Mountain bikers could still be given their marching orders from swathes of prime singletrack in Hampshire, following a MOD by-laws review Riders on MOD land look likely to remain barred from singletrack Mountain bikers probably won’t get the permitted access to singletrack they were hoping for on military land around Aldershot, Hampshire, following a review into access. Thousands of riders use the heath and forest land around Aldershot and its network ...

Advertisement The clothing industry has come in for a lot of flak in recent years for its impact on the environment, and running gear manufacturers are no exception. Footwear brands in particular have to take into account the materials that are used, durability and what happens to a shoe at the end of its useful life. On Running, the Swiss performance brand behind the Cloud series of running shoes, has announced an ambitious service that aims to tackle this sustainability problem: the Cyclon, ...

Plymouth reacts as Boris Johnson announces Covid lockdown easing roadmap in House of Commons - live updates The Prime Minister is addressing MPs in the House of Commons The video will auto-play soon8Cancel Play now Business owners in Plymouth are eagerly awaiting the announcement of the Prime Ministers roadmap to lifting the third coronavirus lockdown. Boris Johnson is sharing the steps with MPs in the House of Commons before making a public address to the nation from Downing Street at 7pm this...

CNNHow much marinara sauce does it take to serve a deep-fried kraken? The world may be about to find out, as Dominion Voting Systems seems to have grown oddly tired of lies about how it was founded by Hugo Chavez, or conspiracy theories about how it secretly sends votes to a server in Germany.  The Toronto-based company has served Donald Trump’s crack attorney Sidney Powell with what  The New York Times describes as “a blistering letter” that is “a preparatory step to formal legal ...

As the reign of Potus 45 draws to a close the people of America, or at least that part of the population with a nodding acquaintance with reality, must be wishing that he would play more golf.  Because some of the decisions that he is making are jaw dropping.  It is difficult to imagine more malevolent yet incompetent decisions being made. But if anyone is capable of such evil incompetence it is Donald J Trump. For instance he is botching the roll out of the Covid vaccine. Despite months of l...