5 Products Helping The Fashion Industry Tackle Its Massive Waste Problem | World Wide Waste
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- From turning old flip-flops into art, to making sneakers out of old plastic bags, these businesses are where fashion meets worldwide waste.
00:00 Introduction
00:30 Fish Leather
05:31 Flip Flop Art
10:56 Plastic Shoes
17:13 Ghana Clothes Market
27:01 Bottletop Handbags
31:55 Water Hyacinth Bags
36:26 Credits
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How Fish Skins & Flip-Flop Statues Could Help The Fashion Industry Tackle Its Massive Waste Problem
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Surprised the fashion industry isn't part of the solution, said no one ever
They should stop now. Most UK places are already reselling used clothing. So this is a GOOD start. As to the SE Asian areas.. MANY well educated individuals have also signed.. and they too have declared NOT to have kids already. In that Cambodian country.. what SHOULD be on offer.. is actually health provision... i.e. Decided health care, and not decided healthcare. e.g. Abortion facilities.... They should have THAT option... Making those women make things just... It feeds into the machine, doesn't it? Of capitalism. These women, once they tasted capitalism.. is going to be exactly like those ladies in China too. i.e. Sewage oil... It is a chicken and egg situation isn't it ??? Are you helping the situation, or making it worst ? I found an actual old video from a Japanese inventor.. about turning plastics back into oil. So how come we have not scaled that one then ???... That was an UN video.. and it seems to be dated around the 1980s...
Exactly. Manufactures should be responsible for a certain percentage of their sales in the form of recouping their product. I have a feeling this would change things fast.
As someone said a long time ago, a journey starts with one single step so far several people have started on that journey and I'm glad that they started on this journey and I only wish that more people would join them on that journey it's a very long one.
Those flip flop sculptures are beautiful and the fact that each has its own unique pattern is really cool too. I love the little penguins 🥹✨
A lot of the garments unable to be sold could be turned into patchwork quilts and blankets or cut into strips to weave or make rugs. I do it myself with T-shirts all the time. Also water hyacinth is an excellent green manure for crops and don't hold me to this, but I believe it can be fed to animals as well.
Water hyacinth is poisonous for domestic animals, they have propensity for also absorbing toxins making them dangerous for human and animal consumption. The bulbs are extremely poisonous as well.
Big fashion companies needs to invest more into small and mid size recycling companies because the fashion industry combines 45% of the world waste
@@casper6014 Ok but how is 20 pieces of clothing a year not a lot? Also what do you mean destroying the other 15 articles of clothing? 🧐
@@casper6014 I buy only second hand for 2-3 years now and I agree that 5 is pretty reasonable. Also if it's second hand the number may increase as long as you're careful and make good decisions. But 20 NEW articles of clothing a year is about two new pieces a month. So a new piece of clothing once per 2-3 weeks. Isn't it fast fashion?
Or maybe you also include accessories?
@@casper6014 That is a lot to take in. Don't compare yourself to other people, everyone has different needs. And if you have to buy new, try to aim for the quality. Because the amount of damage your clothes go through might be a sight of bad quality material. If it's a plastic material such as polyester, nylon etc and it ends up in a landfill, it will lay there for a looooong time. That's also why buying second hand is superior - Cheaper, you don't have to worry about holes or stains that much, you don't have to go to annoying stores. (at least here in Europe we have so many good options online) Oh and also second hand clothes never change the "collection", everything is always avaliable in any style youd like 😎 Always recommend 👍
@@sidehustlekevin Yeah I recommend everyone in Europe to use Vinted, it is an app that make relationships between a seller and a customer of second hand clothes. It is a Estonian Corp I think, and it is making a big difference in France from what I see. Everyone's taking about Vinted now in France
@@Subcher Oh yes I use vinted all the time. It's also good for small items that can be shipped in a package etc. I live in Germany and I'm from Poland and in both of those countries Vinted is huge
I wonder if someone went to a beach saw a bunch of garbage and said ”Well might as well turn these flip-flops into a giraffe!” Which is a great idea I’d consider buying one.
I buy 100% cotton clothing second hand. If it starts getting holes, I save all of my holey shirts until I have enough to make a blanket out of it. I compost the leftover scraps and let it turn into soil. I also use old 100% cotton towels to line the bottom of my compost to keep pests out.
We used to use every scrap of old cloth for paper. We should be able to use poly cotton fiber for all sorts or things.
I don't donate clothing, I re-use it for quilting or as kitchen towels. A T-shirt can be cut straight across from arm to arm and hemmed on either side and you will have a pretty good dish towel. The rest goes into my quilt bag or used to make great dusting clothes. Very little cloth goes into our trash bin. My T-shirt sleeve quilts are absolutely adorable and every child I've ever given a quilt to has treasured them.
Do you have pictures of your quilts anywhere? I am curious to see what they look like
That’s awesome :)
And the fact that it’s bringing someone else happiness is even better ☺️✨
I chop up old clothes and linens and use them instead of paper towels.
Fashion companies need to be responsible for the FULL life of the products they sell.
Laws have to be changed as soon as possible.
I don’t buy many new clothes, and when I do I now only purchase clothes made from natural fibres. I also only purchase from small businesses.
The only synthetic clothing item I buy is a winter coat/rain coat.
I have two linen shirts and they are amazing. They absorb sweat and dry easily, they wash well and don’t hold onto odours like synthetic shirts do.
As a start, I would highly recommend getting a linen undershirt or singlet. It helps to protect your outer clothing and wearing natural fibres allows your body to breath and regulate your body temperature.
A linen shirt under a fine woollen jumper will change your life. Easy to clean, lasts for years and is a classic gender neutral style that always looks good ❤
ok you got me at gender neutral (gendered clothing sucks)
I mean we should do it with all products... Don't know why the fashion industry should be pointed out for the life time of a product. We just need to be more efficient with all products.
Why gender neutral? Men and female have different body shapes.
@@eltiolavara9 I'm not into fashion and ignore the name I can't create a Google email on this hand me down phone. I'm a male.
Our bodies are on average inherently different. Why feel so strongly about gender neutral? Just buy the clothes that fit and style you like.
@@dianapennepacker6854 i was exaggerating a bit for the sake of making the comment funnier, but yeah good point
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All these initiatives are very commendable, but the market for their goods is tiny. The only way to reduce waste is to reduce demand for 'fast fashion'. The laws in the richer countries need to change to put more pressure on both the buyers and sellers of cheap one use clothing.
Overpopulation is a big Problem too. In fact it's the root for most of our problems.
@@CordeliaWagner Yes and no. Clothing industry has a larger scale. The most unfortunate of us that lack food and water usually have planty of clothes to wear. Same to those who were touched by wars. The amount of clothing per one person in the world is absolutely ridiculous.
isn't it more cost effective to make unwanted fish skin into snacks? and fish skin is delicious, why do restaurants throw them away?
We wear our clothes so they literally are starting to fall off then we cut them up and either make quilts out of them or pull them apart and reuse all the materials usually to knit new socks.
My sister Nori hand knits sucks that have absolutely no seams and fit they're the best socks I've ever worn.
@@beaconlight4720 I imagine demand for fish without skin is higher than demand for fish skins regardless of whether they are eaten or turned into leather
I'm surprised that we even have to deal with leftover fish skins waste, westerners don't seem to know how delicious fried fish skins taste, just grab some from the asian market snack section and you'll love it!
I was wondering why the dont fry and eat is delicious
this is a drop in the ocean.
change has to come through the fashion industry that utterly depends and thus pushes for the cheap throwaway economy.
100%. The Problem is brainless consumption..
Despite the many challenges it's amazing to see these people continuing what they love.
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They have no other option that's why
If only people stopped buying so much stuff...
I don't think ppl would buy so much nonsense if companies would stop making their products to break easy or manufactured obsolescence like every electronic, we have light bulbs that last years but they wouldn't make as much money so they made their light bulbs worse so we have to keep buying them. Things like that. I know it's easy to blame ppl but in reality it is these major corporations.
Instead buy used stuff if you really need.
Did you stop buying so much stuff?
@@justincraig398 reduced, but it isn't easy.
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Teach people that overconsumption is bad.
Shopping addiction is a mental Problem.
The industry will not stop destroying our planet.
We have to stop this Industry.
These efforts are way too little.
But people like "solutions" that doesn't require efford from them.
It's just way too amazing. Hats off to those who are making business out of waste.
Fish leather has been a thing for thousands of years
Depressing but the horror must be seen, it's heartening to see the people trying to fix these issues. I try not to buy anything new unless the old one is no longer wearable.
I have a Triceratops made from flip-flops on the dashboard of my car. It's about as big as my hand. And it's a fantastic conversation starter for those who are carpooling with me.
So cool. Just wish that recycled goods weren't so expensive!
People seriously need to stop buying 💩 they don't need.
I have 5 sets of the same clothes and have worn it for the last few years. Life is fine..
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That salmon leather is very cool! That s a super interesting idea! 🙌
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You can do episodes about how clothes were made in different places from fibre to fabric in different parts of the world and all those places where there are still people who still have the same way. It might inspire people to buy less or something .
This is so innovative. Great to see those efforts to cure the planet and manage waste.
Very good video. May more and more recycling initiatives be developed, and healthier techniques in the major manufacturing industries.
The lady has the best solution. Make the fashion industry accountable. Admirable es these workers are. Individual solutions will NOT solve the problem.
The sanding process must be releasing tonnes of microplastics into the environment.
At least they do it at a factory site. Every sandal they salvage would have degraded anyways in the ocean. Also they degrade as you use them on your feet.
It is a problem with most shoes und tires.
Just so beautiful and creative 💖
Thank you, Business Insider, for this great video!
There should be monetary awards and other kinds of incentives for the people and companies presented in this documentary (and others as well), who are using their ingenuity and hard work to contribute so much to the environment and doing their best to try to save our planet.
Oh my gosh. I have to get one of those fish leather wallets for my brother! Those would be so popular here in Florida!
The sandals are amazing
This is so amazing!
Why can't people just eat the fish skin? That's where most of the omega-3s are in.
The oceans are poisoned. Eating fish is unhealthy.
Unsold LUXURY goods are taken to the dump by company reps & light on fire instead of marking down the prices.
This logic works with food, but not with clothes. Clothes are incredibly overproduced and no matter what price they are, they will end up in a landfield. And since fast fashion brands make them from plastic, they will lay there for hundreds of years. That's why the only solution is to buy everything second-hand and refuse to take part in this industry.
It wasreally amazing...
Thanks to all of you for providing us such informational video👍👍
I weave market basket sets and other shapes from business card size to 4' yard art columns, from poly strapping used to contain freight. Been doing it for 30 years. 100% solid waste.
Just me or CZcams just upgraded everything I don't know what but kind of scares me 😶
Amazing!
Brilliant video
I'd like to see someone figure out something to make out of plastic bottle caps from soda bottles and milk jugs.
There are small company projects that make bricks and pavers, also a company that melts them into jewelry like necklaces and beads lol though I don't think those are very useful
@@rinnozomi1155 I'd like to see the bricks and pavers, as well as plastic lumber take off. The price of wood is ridiculous now and wood rots and breaks down over time, anyway.
Pyrolosys, turn it into diesel.
@@price8314 Yes, chemical recycling is a good way. In germany we have a deposit system für many bottles. As there is only food safe material in the system, the material can be used many times. Bad charges are downcycled to packaging of nonfood and burned. Some companies even depolymerise these waste streams to close the cycle. But its too expensive. There are alternative Polymers in research that can be easier depolymerised and can be made from waste streams of wheat production. Maybe this will be the next step
Masterpiece!
All pretty Kool 👍❤️Tnx
I have been using the same wallet for 25 years, I purchased it in Brazil and it's made out of can pop tops. I have had to replace the zipper, which I had a shoe repair shop do... I still get complaints on it though and haven't seen one like it in many years.
IMPRESSIVE😎😎😎
Great job!!!
Omg this video is amazing 💖💖😲💖💖
I wonder why they don't neat fish skin. That's the best part of the fish.
It's slimy
Food is good 👍
Great 😍😍😍.
The water hyacinth needs modern industrial techniques. A decent sized boat that can scoop them up to put into a place to dry. Get a machine to grind it and put the corpses of that heathen plant back into the water for nutrients or something.
Out of all the things on the list that looks like an easy solution since the plants float on top and seem easy enough to pull out. Surely such machines already exsist?
I have an elephant created by Ocean sole and it has been an amazing part of our houses decor.
I really want to know the flipflop to animal creators. is there a way to contact them so I could potentially see about getting their products in a toy muchine?
edit: I didn't know how bad the clothes problem is. I already have ideas to include it into my future business (I still got no idea what I want to target as I have a very wide spread of things that can contribute to each other.)
Good job
Make the producers of these goods accountable. Would like to see a video on what the governments are doing to mitigate this problem.
Best use❤️My happiness index increased after watching this video.❤️Contents like this, deserves it's millions and even billions of subscriptions.
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The most impactful way to reduce textile waste is to buy less.
Cheap clothing is half the problem. If a pair of shorts only last a year, that’s a problem.
Fish leather great. What most people don’t realize is most of the leather Industry is the same where all hide a are byproducts of food industry.
I've heard that in Africa that they call the used clothes business dealing in "dead white men's clothes".
Some flip flops came from India and Philippines 🤔 thats really far travelling to Kenya beach
good !!!
thanks bro
Cool
Actually, salmon skin becomes crispy after deep fried, taste better than chips
Fish skin can make fry fish chip!!!
They said that goodwill sells at much cheaper prices. Such horseshit… if only it was “much cheaper” a lot of shit I’ve seen is barely 20% cheaper than brand store. They make HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS of $$ off donations to supposedly help communities get cheaper clothing… I hate how greedy corps have gotten and get even more
why dump the fish skin? just simple salt and oil fry will be good appetizer.
this is why I seek good quality stuff that lasts for decades. Even H&M has some good stuff.
H&M is Fast Fashion and their quuality is bad. Not as bad as Shein but still crap.
H&M has horrible work conditions, doesn't pay minimum wages, people tend to work 14-18 hours a day with one free day per a month. On top of that they use cheap, plasticy fabrics such as polyester, acrylic, nylon (same material that we use to create plastic packages) that is not recyclable and if damaged or stained, will take space on a landfield for hundreds of years. On top of that, brands such as H&M (H&M being one of the most harmful clothing companies in the world) produce an insane amount of toxic and chemical waste that find its way into water, soil and increases air pollution.
On the contrary, I've heard H&M from early 2000s or in the 90s was much more focused on quality of their items. You can get them second-hand and some may already consider them "vintage". Since it is a fast fashion brand, their clothes are almost always in the second hand rotation.
All straight line manufactures should be mandated to recoup a certain percentage of their out going inventory. Read that again. No more straight lines. Only circles.
Talking about sandals I just used 3 tie knot wires to fix one alright
Wow why are so many flip flops washing up on these people's shores?
Insider made a video on it, you should watch that if you want to know more
The reason is littering because most people are careless idiots.
If they are selling those bags for upwards of $700 I wanna know exactly what the ppl making the bags are getting paid. I doubt it's what they should be making
People grinning flip flops with no extraction. Microplastics everywhere!
Why don't they just cut up all those clothes make quilts out of them?
Then sell them back to the country's that sent you the clothes and at a nice hefty price.
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The biggest problem on the globe is overpopulation, and somehow, people especially in Africa seem unaware of it. I personally took it upon myself to not add onto the global population. Resources do not increase but rather get depleted with increasing human numbers, leading to degradation, and also a fierce competition for the little available. Fish skin waste is something unheard of in Asia and Africa for people there consume fish with the skin. Europeans should adopt that, and reduce wastage that harms the environment.
I could by the fish one, is beautiful
i really want a flip flop manatee
Instead of recycling cloth!! Way not prevent producing the waste in the first place?
I just learned that fast fashion isn't a new thing, sad really. It's gotten worse.
32:38 thats what you do the future in that case is Very bright think about how manny people given things like that made out of..things like that that will really change the world
Love the innovation happening but the only one I think is inefficient is the machine that turns one old outfit into a new one. It is more efficient for the machine to collect old garmets and accumulate the material where they can produce a set of clothes versus 1 for 1.
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We eat those skins, waaaa......they throw them in the bin!
I guarantee these solutions were possible back in 70s/80s guess what? Moneybags didn't wanna wear recycled garbage he wanted a mink coat and alligator skin shoes
I’m the first viewer 🎉
Where do I get my Fish Leather Pants?
Then why does H& M fire all their pregnant employees I heard that about a year ago. Not to be confused with Harry and Me Again.
600 dollars bag, now ask how much they pay ana. I cant with those colonizers anymore
those recycled sneakers are going to produce microplastic
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8:29 you cant get no splinters from foam material
not from that
That H&M clothing recycling system shows the degradation of plastic fibers yarns used to make most clothing. Textiles are typically polymer thread in terms of material used in their production. Because polymers are flammable, they also have to be brominated to become flame resistant. Recycling the plastic fibers by making yard requires hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of specialized machines & costly human labor time to operate the machines in these pilot plants. I am reminded of one off hydrogen refueling stations- in both cases not leveraging volume production or cost optimization from higher scale operations with more throughput, meaning each unit produce similarly more expensive.
I commend the effort & applied idea to make such a system, only trying to encourage that many hundreds of such machines should be made in "helicopter" like series production to reduce the cost so that each installation can cost a lot less. BMW has extensive experience with optimizing low volume automobile production profitably, methods which could be adapted by a partnership between H&M & the German automaker.
I see lots of potential to recycle everything that humans use, consume, buy, discard. I think most waste thrown in trashes & trash dumps could be recycled using innovative processing like those mentioned in these video clips & segments. Thank you so much for producing this video to teach other people about it. I shared it on my Twitter handle @cosmicinglewood ^^ Cheers & Warm Regards
If only it could be scal3d to an affordable price for consumers. $110 for sneakers can't compete with $14 Bobs Sketchers.