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The Fast Fashion Backlash Is Fueling a Sustainability Revolution

Scientific American

In 2024 California introduced the nation’s first extended producer-responsibility law for apparel and textiles, which puts the onus on brands to ensure their products don’t end up in landfills. The authors called for investment in new circular business models such as clothing rental and upcycling. While the E.U.

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Cattle and Climate Change: Putting Sustainability in Perspective

HumanNature

Cattle also have a unique ability to upcycle nutrients, transforming inedible plant materials that are not digestible by humans into high-quality protein sources. Women, Business and the Law 2019: A Decade of Reform.World Bank, Washington, DC. 2016; Dumont et al., ” Animal Production Science , 56(9), 1633-1646. World Bank Group.2019.Women,

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The misleading accounting behind your ‘recycled’ plastic

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Uncovering the exposome: An emerging field casts a wide net

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How America’s prairie was nearly destroyed — and why it should be restored

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Trump’s second term is creating ‘a limbo moment’ for US battery recyclers

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The USDA announced the cancellation of $148M in ‘woke’ grants. Then it went dark.

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