Tag: fashion

• COCOPLUM

  

  This company upcycles used prescription bottles into frames for sunglasses

  Vandana Balakrishnan

  August 26, 2025

  beauty, california, consumer product, fashion, plastic diversion, plastic waste, prescription bottles, recycle, upcycling, USA

  beauty, fashion, plasticrecycling, upcycledplastic, upcycling

• COLORIFIX

  

  This company utilizes DNA technology to create sustainable dyes that reduce the use of water and harmful chemicals in the fashion industry.

  Vandana Balakrishnan

  April 2, 2024

  dyes, Europe, fashion, microbes, protein fermentation, UK

  dyes, fashion, plastic-free dyes

• SOJO

  

  This company provides an app that makes clothing repair accessible, thereby extending the life of clothes derived from the fashion industry.

  Vandana Balakrishnan

  January 23, 2024

  bikes, clothing, digital platform, Europe, fashion, Re-use, Repair, reusable clothing, UK

  app, fashion, Repair, repair app, repair by bike, repair service, seamstress

• RECYC LEATHER

  

  This company rescues leather scraps and creates a new leather material by combining it with other inputs.

  Vandana Balakrishnan

  January 23, 2024

  Asia, clothing, fashion, hong kong, leather, leather alternative, leather upcycling, luxury fashion, textiles, upcycling

  fashion, leather alternative, leather scraps, leather upcycling

• THAELY

  

  This company makes upcycled shoes with waste products like plastic bottles, plastic bags, caps and waste rubber.

  Vandana Balakrishnan

  January 18, 2024

  Asia, consumer product, fashion, india, plastic waste, rubber, shoes, social enterprise/b corp, upcycling, waste solutions

  fashion, plastic bags, plastic bottles, shoes