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The world produces 2.01 billion tons of waste annually, In the 2.01 billion tons of waste 13.1 % of the total waste produced is recycled rest of the waste is incinerated or kept in a landfill. Different companies have used various methods to upcycle this large amount of waste, in this article we will explore these companies.
ECOALF
ECOALF is a Spanish fashion company that is known for its use of innovative and sustainable materials in its products. The brand is known for utilizing recycled materials such as discarded fishing nets, plastic bottles, and tires, to create its clothing, accessories, and footwear, and unlike other companies that sacrifice design for sustainability, ECOALF has innovative, trending design and ticks sustainability from its checklist.
Carbon Craft
Carbon Craft is a company that converts carbon to tiles. These tiles are made from carbon in the environment along with waste carbon from factories and industries. The company is still in the beta stage and only has done a few installations and has a few designs, but the company's directory is correct, and if the company succeeds it will help to reduce carbon emissions.
Phool
Phool is another Indian startup that converts temple waste - Flowers into incense sticks. Phhol saw tons of flower waste from temples being thrown into holy rivers like the Ganga, and Yamuna, he saw no one questioning flower waste as a source of pollution, so he took that as an opportunity and started converting flower waste into incense sticks
Repreve
Repreve is another company that converts plastic bottles into polymer resin to make yarn. It actively upscales 4300 plastic bottles every minute. Hence making a change in the world by reducing the world's plastic waste. The company proclaims that using recycled instead of virgin polymer reduces carbon emissions, making a change in the world both ways. Repreve does not sacrifice in design as the Fabric it makes is attractive as well as sustainable.
ChopValue
ChopValue is a company that conveys chopsticks into furniture the process involves compressing multiple choices with the help of a hydraulic press, treating it, and then creating furniture along with adding some finishes. China only, produces 80 billion chopstick waste annually, hence the motive of this company is revolutionary. The company is currently a startup, the top products of the company are not furniture but smaller decorative items because the price of creation g furniture is almost twice of the competition
Bureo
Bureo is another amazing company that converts fishing nets into different products such as sunglasses and skateboards. Bureo works directly with fishing communities to collect their discarded fishing net waste and bring positive, end-of-use solutions to the most harmful form of ocean pollution. Fishing nets are one of the most ignored sources of pollution in the world as fishing net waste either ends up in the ocean or ends up in the landfill both causing problems in their ways.
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