Some items in the adidas Team GB kit for the upcoming Winter Olympics in Beijing will feature insulation material made from 100% recycled plastic, around 40% of which is derived from waste plastic recovered from seas and shorelines by the Parley for the Oceans project. More details from Dezeen here

“An estimated 50 per cent of returns never make it back into a clothing company's inventory and, in the worst cases, go on to be incinerated, to landfill or into the hands of clothing dealers who send them on to places such as Accra and the Atacama Desert [where piles of dumped clothing from major brands were recently photographed].” The Daily Mail visits ACS Clothing in Glasgow where much of the clothing bought online and returned ends up

The deadline for the New European Bauhaus Prizes 2022 is February 28. There are four categories: Reconnecting with nature; Regaining a sense of belonging; Prioritising the people and places that need it most; and Shaping a circular industrial ecosystem and supporting life-cycle thinking. Both EU and non-EU nationals can apply as long as their concept, idea or project is actually developed and/or physically located in the EU. Details here

“We are all going to die so the celebs can own internet apes”: US online publication MIC has quite the take on NFTs and their carbon footprint. “Some might see non-fungible tokens as a philosophically intriguing concept (i.e. what exactly determines that something has value to begin with?), a middle finger to the powers that be in the art world, or an opportunity to support underrepresented groups and creators in an emerging space. But none of that is, in fact, how it largely plays out in the real world — those with power, wealth, and influence are still the ones who have the actual pieces to what is a mostly made-up new digital game,” it goes on to say. Read it here

URGE’s Sophie Thomas speaks to circular economy solutions specialist co-cre8’s Reset podcast about the recycle versus re-use debate.

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