Why Todays Quick Fashions Could Be Unhealthy For The Planet
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In Amsterdam, GumDrop collects gum and turns it into a brand new type of rubber, Gum-tec, which is then used to make shoes in collaboration with advertising group I Amsterdam and fashion firm Explicit. GumDrop says around three.3 million kilos of gum find yourself on Amsterdam’s paths yearly, costing tens of millions of dollars to clean. It takes round 2.2 kilos of gum to make four pairs of sneakers. Spain’s Ecoalf creates sneakers from algae and recycled plastic as a half of its Upcycling the Oceans assortment. Founded by Javier Goyeneche in 2012, Ecoalf collects ocean plastics from 33 ports …
