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Recycled Plastic Bottles Can Turn Into Stylish Clothing and Accessories

by Joe Barrios on February 5, 2009

in Recycling

I didn’t know until recently that you can make fantastic clothing fabric from recycled plastic bottles. One night a couple of months ago I was helping the Director of the environmental non-profit I volunteer for, as she gave a recycling presentation to a group of individuals studying English as a second language. My role was [...]

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“Trashion” Comes To DC For Inauguration

by Joe Barrios on January 13, 2009

in Green Issues

President-elect Obama’s inauguration is hitting the trash–in style. Nancy Judd is a fashion designer and owner of Recycle Runway–a maker of elegant garments made out of trash that she displays in busy airports throughout the country. Her mission is to change the way we think about recycling and the environment by contemplating how even “dumpster [...]

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