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India Gustin

Third-year Fashion Marketing and Journalism student in London. Contributor for Lampoon magazine on sustainability and circularity in the fashion industry. Also focuses on reported features on artisanal production in the developing world, indigenous knowledge and cultural preservation.

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About how to make the alcohol industry more sustainable? Discarded Spirits Co. case
Here is to the most rubbish drink you’ll every taste, Discarded. Made from waste and forgotten ingredients which they rely on as hidden treasures
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Recycled plastic (PET) could be worse than virgin plastic and nano-particles can be found in our blood
«What are these plastic particles doing in our body? Where are they going?». In conversation with Prof Dick Vethaak on plastic particles being found in our blood
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Nature takes over urban waste. What will need to live in synchrony with nature
The Tree Column is Blast Studio’s latest design. Made from recycled coffee cups and mycelium, it is yet another viable option for the future in sustainability
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Embracing technology: the only way to keep hand weaving with the new generation
From Italy to India to Wales. How the culture of hand weaving is undergoing just enough modernization to keep it alive, but not enough to kill the traditional craft completely 
The giant Himalayan stinging nettle — what it means to wild harvest
«Regenerative process means that as you produce, you’re improving the Earth» - how to go beyond sustainability, in conversation with Himalayan Wild Fibers
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Circular Systems – Keeping the neutral cellulosic chain when recycling cotton. Otherwise, it is classified as viscose
Circular Systems is focused on using waste streams as their main source of materials for production working on up-cycling the textile
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Powder to liquid soap: a simple answer to complicated issues. The Forgo case
«If we have things with the system of refilling or of re-use, then throwing something away or recycling doesn’t have to be the first option». In conversation with Forgo cofounder Allon...
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How paper waste can get up-cycled instead of down-cycled – the case of Honext
Barcelona-based startup Honext has developed a way to transform paper waste into panels, using materials which already exist rather than consuming raw materials 
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Biodegradable clothing will not spontaneously disappear from your closet: the AlgiKnit case
You can’t eliminate harmful materials, such as polyester, without replacing it with something else. Kelp can be turned into fiber and that is what we will work with
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The struggle of creating an entirely new textile: leather from shell seafood by Tomtex
«They have a lot of interesting properties but they have a lot of interesting problems that go with it» In conversation with Ross McBee on what vegan leather actually means