Levi’s brand introduced their Spring 2013 Waste Less collection for men and women. The new denim line, available globally, will incorporate 20 percent post-consumer recycled content. Or, on average, eight 12 to 20-ounce plastic soda bottles per jean.

Waste Less will use over 3.5 recycled bottles in the production of Levi’s 511 Skinny jeans, a new modern-looking Levi’s 504 Straight Fit jean, and the iconic Levi’s Trucker jacket.

For their new denim line, brown beer bottles, green soda bottles, clear water bottles, and black food trays are collected from municipal recycling programs across the country.

Once the bottles and food trays are sorted by color they are crushed into flakes and made into a polyester fiber. The polyester fiber is blended with cotton fiber, which is then woven with traditional cotton yarn to create Waste Less jeans and trucker jackets.

According to the company, the color of the bottle used with create an undertone in the denim fabric creating a unique look in the finished product.

Levi’s Waste Less products will be available in Levi’s stores globally and online at Levi.com in January 2013.

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The Delhi government has set a deadline of December 22 to stop manufacture, sale and storage of plastic bags in the national capital.

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Student finds new way of turning plastic into biofuel - SciDev.Net - http://www.scidev.net/en/climate-change-and-energy/biofuels/news/student-finds-new-way-of-turning-plastic-into-biofuel.html

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UMass Amherst Office of News & Information : News Releases : UMass Chemical Engineers and Collaborators Discover a High-Yield Method for Producing Everyday Plastics from Biomass - http://www.umass.edu/newsoffice/newsreleases/articles/152564.php

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We are a group of professionals engaged in the business of Developing and promoting Products in Bio plastics and MSWM Systems , Alternative Energy Products and Systems, Energy efficiency,At source composting of organic kitchen waste and Recycling of all recyclable waste materials from homes,offices and industries including e-waste recycling and hazardous medical waste management.
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In 2011, Brinhanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) seized around 3268.8 kg of plastic -- a much larger quantity than previous years, and apprehended 7,464 offenders. These raids are also the reason why your shopping malls and stores now charge you for using plastic bags. almost 48 lakhs rupees collected as penalty

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Sure u all would try this after seeing it..

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Use infinite avail of plastic, and reuse them to contribute to the Go-Green theme..

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That plastic water bottle you toss into recycling bins at CES could end up as the seating material of a 2012 Ford Focus Electric. Read this post by Liane Yvkoff on CES 2012: Car Tech. - http://ces.cnet.com/8301-33369_1-57354266/recycled-bottles-from-ces-to-end-up-in-ford-focus-electric/?part=rss

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Using a reclaimed milk crate, the piece acts as an additional bike seat for carrying a passenger or it can be converted back into a crate for carting your groceries home. Very neat, very low tech, and a great way to add capacity and adaptability to that greenest of machines—the bicycle.

"Two Go" was short listed as one of the entries in the Seoul Cycle competition run by designboom and the Seoul Design Foundation back in 2010.

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These blocks can stand firm even if an elephant is standing on top of them, he claimed, adding, it can be used in building construction. - http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/news-by-industry/et-cetera/Chennai-professor-R-Vasudevan-invents-plastic-monoblock-technology/articleshow/11352528.cms

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Beaverton, Oregon based waste plastics to crude oil specialist, Agilyx Corporation has secured $25 million in a new round of Series C funding.

According to the company its system processes all types of difficult to recycle waste plastic, including those with high levels of non-plastic contamination such food, water, metal, glass and turns it into high-value, synthetic crude oil. The company also claimed to be the only company with a known refinery off-take agreement in place and crude oil shipments underway.Earlier in the year, Agilyx secured a $22 Million Series B Round to accelerate growth and expand business operations. The company said…

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Say “YES” to plastic? | Blog @ EAI - http://eai.in/blog/2012/01/say-yes-to-plastic.html

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A fortnight ago, 40-year-old Harini Thirunarayanan had a surprise visitor at her doorstep. It was a smartly-dressed young man with an electronic weighing machine who had come to collect her non-biodegradable garbage. Plastic bottles, milk packet covers, newspapers, batteries – everything went in. Ms. Harini was paid a tidy sum in return.
She is one of the 500 registered users of an experiment in social entrepreneurship that kicked off last month. The idea is simple: register on http://www.kuppathotti.com, segregate household waste at source, and once a month, someone will come and pick it up from your doorstep after seeking…

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In Africa, women have to collect water for their homes in 5 gallon buckets that they carry to and from the water source. The fastest way to bring these buckets home is to carry them on one’s head, placing a heavy load on the neck and spine over a long distance. The Hippo Water Roller is 24 gallon container that can be rolled and pushed along on the ground, greatly increasing efficiency and minimizing physical injury. The plastic’s durability is an added bonus for the people using the Hippo. This is one of the instances that a plastic device can literally make a change in people’s lives.

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The city corporation will tie-up with a private firm based in Kochi to process the plastic waste generated in the city. - http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/thiruvananthapuram/Waste-processing-Corp-ties-up-with-private-firm/articleshow/11333850.cms

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At 77%, country's plastic recycling rate is about twice that of the UK, and well above the 20% figure for the US - http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2011/dec/29/japan-leads-field-plastic-recycling?newsfeed=true

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Dangerous Toys - Toys with unsafe levels of harmful chemicals and toxins should not be on your lost of gifts for kids. - http://www.theenvironmentalblog.org/2011/12/christmas-dangerous-toys/

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Tamil Nadu shows significance to the plastic coated roads, it has been clearly notified from the list of plastic roads in India...

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A new kind of plastic repairs itself when exposed to ordinary light. - http://news.discovery.com/tech/self-healing-plastic-110421.html

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