News — sustainability

As today is World Oceans Day, we thought we'd take this opportunity to highlight the most exciting part of the process of transforming discarded fishing nets into ECONYL® regenerated nylon.      Our swimwear has been proudly made from @econylbrand lycra since day one. ECONYL® regenerated nylon is made by recovering nylon waste (such as fishing nets from the oceans and agriculture, fabric scraps from mills, and carpets destined for landfill) & turning it into virgin quality nylon yarn for the fashion and interior industries. Where do the nets come from you ask?“When researching for end of life goods made of nylon...

CREDIT: @REALFUNWOW Where we are now could have never been predicted. On the third Friday of January 2020, a silent war was forming. It would be a war that the World’s population has never experienced. No countries would be turning against one another, but instead, standing together to fight what is now a global pandemic. Every hour of the day our news feeds and TVs are covering the Coronavirus. Statistics are rising faster than we can keep up with, and it can feel as if there is no end in sight. It is hard to allow anything else to consume...

Download your own copy here.   We were so seriously blown away by all of your brilliant and creative sustainable gift ideas from our latest Instagram giveaway that we’ve compiled them all into one list so that you can take inspiration from each other’s suggestions. If you’ve left it until the last minute to get your eco friendly gifts, here’s plenty of awesome ones to choose from! Food and drink Homemade tea blends Homemade granola Homemade peanut brittle in Kilner jars Growing own veg for Christmas dinner Homemade cookies Homemade sloe gin Avantgarde vegan cookbook Homemade hampers filled with local...

“The European Parliament has voted for an extensive ban on single-use plastics to stop pollution entering the world’s oceans. Products including plastic plates, cutlery, straws and cotton buds will all be eradicated from 2021 under the plans. The ban is intended to affect items for which valid alternatives are available, which are estimated to make up over 70 per cent of marine litter.” This is very encouraging and positive news! Read the full story here.

If you haven’t heard about The Ocean Clean-Up I highly recommend you give the Joe Rogan Experience podcast with Boyan Slat a listen. He goes into detail about the Great Pacific Garbage Patch (which is the size of 2 Texas’s by the way!) and how his invention will help to clean it up. Highly inspiring stuff.