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German filament yarn business, TWD Fibres, has launched a range of antimony-free polyester yarns.

Shima KnitPLM applies the latest IoT technology to join together SHIMA SEIKI products with customers' ERP and SCM core systems, offering high levels of traceability and higher productivity througho

Shima Seiki's MACH2S is capable of performing WHOLEGARMENT production allowing an entire garment to be produced on the knitting machine without any linking or sewing.

By throwing yeast, sweetened tea, and bacteria into bathtubs, Suzanne Lee, founder of BioCouture, produces sheets of cellulose that are similar to leather and can be made into clothing.

Maya Pedal is a NGO based in Guatemala that started in 1997 by a few members of a Canadian organisation called Pedal.

The Society for Arts and Technology (SAT) of Montreal has an 18-meter wide dome equipped with eight video projectors and 157 speakers, known as the Satosphere.

intelliBED has developed nontoxic, non-off-gassing mattresses.

Nova is a modular, electric car developed by TU/Ecomotive. The car has many exchangeable and adjustable parts.

Adidas and public transport company Berliner Verkehrsbetriebe (BVG) have aligned for a very exclusive and limited edition variation of the EQT Support 9.

Vandebron is an energy provider that supplies local renewable energy from solar collectives, local producers of wind and solar, bioenergy producers, etc.

Rent the Runway is a online luxury fashion rental platform. Customers can rent one of Rent the Runway’s designer clothing for a 4- or 8-day period.

Fiction factory based in Amsterdam has developed a design for a small-scale home called Wikkelhouse.

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Envie has worked for 30 years to reduce waste by reusing equipment abandoned by their owners or by dismantling these devices to extract fractions of recyclable materials.

Tesla Motors, the American electric automotive company, implemented a buyback program for the Tesla Model S that bypasses traditional dealership model.

The Canadian city of Toronto offers residents a curbside e-waste collection service, created to encourage waste diversion and recycling as well as keeping electronics out of landfills.

World's first personal data marketplace. Datacoup makes it easy to connect data from the apps and services users already use. Datacoup is the only company that helps users sell their anonymous data

GoodHout produces sustainably-sourced, newly engineered wood made from post-harvest coconut waste.

NBN is a project by the Australian government to deliver Australia's first national wholesale-only, open access broadband network to all Australians.

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Ghirardelli Chocolate company in San Leandro in the United States switched to reusable totes to cut packaging costs, prevent cardboard waste, and reduce product breakage.The reusable tote solution

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Most of the waste coffee grounds are disposed of via landfill where they emit methane, a greenhouse gas that is 28 times more potent than carbon dioxide.

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