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From Waste to Wear: Chinese Startup Revolutionizing Sustainable Fashion with Recycled Materials
›China Environment Forum // Guest Contributor // waste // March 13, 2025 // By Yunhuan Chen, Haiying Lin & Haifeng HuangIn December 2024, the Global Plastic Treaty delegates kicked the plastic bottle down the road, delaying a final agreement to rein in the plastic pollution plaguing the planet. Recycling has failed to solve the problem, with most single-use plastic waste ending up in landfills (50%), incinerators (19%) or leaked into the environment (22%). Ultimately, the world needs to produce significantly less single use plastics and more reusable packaging. There is also a need to create better technologies and policies to push companies to transform plastics into new products.
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