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"The Billie Eilish Upcycled Merch Program Saves 280,000 T-Shirts From Landfills"
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The Billie Eilish Upcycled Merch Program Saves 280,000 T-Shirts From Landfills | Happy Eco News
The Billie Eilish upcycled merch program with Universal Music Group transforms warehouse waste into 280,000 sustainable concert t-shirts. This groundbreaking initiative diverts decades of unwanted merchandise from landfills, creates European fan products, and establishes the music industry's most ambitious environmental project while inspiring other labels to adopt circular fashion practices

"When 'sustainable' fashion backfires on the environment"
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When 'sustainable' fashion backfires on the environment
The circular economy—the idea of "reduce, reuse and recycle"—has long been promoted as one solution to the environmental crisis. Instead of the old "take, make, use, throw away" model, it aims to keep materials in play for as long as possible.