Design Roundup: CDs Wrapped in Chip Bags, Patagonia's New Footprints, Recycled Golf Bags
This month saw the release of a CD packaged in compressed shredded chip bags, a deeper understanding of the paths Patagonia clothing takes and a new use for certified sustainable paper.
Wrapping Up Classical Music
When classical pianist Soyeon Lee performed at Carnegie Hall last year, one of her outfits was a dress made from 6,000 drink pouches, commissioned from TerraCycle.
Lee, who is married to TerraCycle founder Tom Szaky, continued her reuse trend with the release of her new CD, Re!nvented, which features selections of others' music that she's reused, transcribed or revisited. Each CD case is made from shreds of chip and snack bags that have been
compressed together, forming a cardboard-like material.
Patagonia Measures More Footprints
On Earth Day, outdoor apparel and gear maker Patagonia added onto its Footprint Chronicles, its website showing the paths certain products take, from raw material sourcing to retail stores.
Patagonia has redesigned the site's navigation and interactivity, taken a more-thorough look at resources being consumed by its products, posted a 15-minute video about social responsibility and offshore manufacturing called What's Done in Our Name?, and added footprints for it Wavefarer Board Shorts, R2 Jacket and Kamala Top.
Sustainable Receipts
U.K. retailer Marks & Spencer has taken up numerous initiatives as part of its Plan A program to improve the environmental impact of the company and its customers, and this month it made a change to one of the most common items its deals with: receipts.
Marks & Spencer has switched all of its receipt paper to paper certified by the Forest Stewardship Council. The company already uses certified paper in its tissue, paper towels, toilet paper, sandwich packaging, holiday cards and Your M&S magazine.
A Greener Golf Bag
Golf as a whole is a tough sport to green up when you think about all the water, fertilizer, pesticides and energy needed to maintain courses.
But just as there is plenty that can be done on the resource conservation side, there's also plenty of golf equipment that can be made better. Wilson Staff recently introduced its new Eco-Carry golf bag, which contains polyester fabric made from 100 percent recycled polyester, and its Eco-Core golf ball, made with recycled rubber from tires.
Cardboard tree - CC license by Robert S. Donovan (booleansplit)
When classical pianist Soyeon Lee performed at Carnegie Hall last year, one of her outfits was a dress made from 6,000 drink pouches, commissioned from TerraCycle.
Lee, who is married to TerraCycle founder Tom Szaky, continued her reuse trend with the release of her new CD, Re!nvented, which features selections of others' music that she's reused, transcribed or revisited. Each CD case is made from shreds of chip and snack bags that have been
compressed together, forming a cardboard-like material.Patagonia Measures More Footprints
On Earth Day, outdoor apparel and gear maker Patagonia added onto its Footprint Chronicles, its website showing the paths certain products take, from raw material sourcing to retail stores.
Patagonia has redesigned the site's navigation and interactivity, taken a more-thorough look at resources being consumed by its products, posted a 15-minute video about social responsibility and offshore manufacturing called What's Done in Our Name?, and added footprints for it Wavefarer Board Shorts, R2 Jacket and Kamala Top.
Sustainable Receipts
U.K. retailer Marks & Spencer has taken up numerous initiatives as part of its Plan A program to improve the environmental impact of the company and its customers, and this month it made a change to one of the most common items its deals with: receipts.
Marks & Spencer has switched all of its receipt paper to paper certified by the Forest Stewardship Council. The company already uses certified paper in its tissue, paper towels, toilet paper, sandwich packaging, holiday cards and Your M&S magazine.
A Greener Golf Bag
Golf as a whole is a tough sport to green up when you think about all the water, fertilizer, pesticides and energy needed to maintain courses.
But just as there is plenty that can be done on the resource conservation side, there's also plenty of golf equipment that can be made better. Wilson Staff recently introduced its new Eco-Carry golf bag, which contains polyester fabric made from 100 percent recycled polyester, and its Eco-Core golf ball, made with recycled rubber from tires.
Cardboard tree - CC license by Robert S. Donovan (booleansplit)
