Happy Good News!!!

Seaweed-based plastic alternative?·?France introduces a new eco-label regulation?·?Human hair recycled to clean waterways in Belgium.?

Happy Monday, Earthfriend! ??

Enjoy the recent news happening all around the world!???

Anders and the team from?agood company.

France leads the way Allez les blues!

From the end of January France is introducing a new eco-label regulations.?“At a basic level, the legislation requires fashion brands to provide consumers with detailed information about the environmental qualities and characteristics of the products they purchase. This will include information on reparability, recyclability, sustainability, re-use possibilities, recycled material content, use of renewable resources, traceability, and the presence of plastic microfibers.”?Sounds like they are describing our products and agood loop.?Read the full story.

This is a great start and a great step.?

?Merci!

Human hair recycled to clean waterways in Belgium

Maybe hair is not the first thing you think of when it comes to sustainable inventions or materials. But Patrick Janssen and his company may change that. Clippings are collected from hairdressers across the country. The hair is then fed into a machine that turns it into matted squares. These can be used to absorb oil and other hydrocarbons polluting the environment. They can also be made into bio-composite bags.?A single kilogram of hair can absorb seven to eight litres of oil and hydrocarbons.

Well done Patrick & Co

Read more?here.

Notpla is on a mission, to make packaging disappear. And they are, like us, taking the fight against plastic. They create their plastic alternative out of brown seaweed. Growing up to 1m per day, it doesn’t compete with food crops, doesn’t need fresh water or fertiliser, and actively contributes to de-acidifying our oceans.?

Notpla have been around for a while, but late last year they won The Earthshot Prize, one of the world’s most prestigious environmental prizes.?

We say congratulations on the award and also on the amazing products you are developing.

Watch a video about them?here.

We need to end our dependency on fossil fuels. By Greenpeace.

We end this good news Monday with an inspiring ad from Greenpeace.

Join the good fight