A 2018 study estimated that 500 million straws are used every day in the US alone, equating to 1.6 straws per person a day. That’s 8.3 billion plastic straws in thealmost 250,000 metric tons of plastic in the world’s oceans—a number that’s set to double by 2025. This [Read More]
Bob Bland is a New York City fashion designer and the CEO and founder of Manufacture New York—a social enterprise geared at rethinking the fashion ecosystem with new ways of promoting indie apparel companies and local textile production for the 21st century. And if [Read More]
Following the big successes of Netflix, Airbnb, and Lyft, the sharing and rental model is causing disruption in more niche industries, such as shaving products, LEGOS, and even women’s apparel—a $120 billion industry alone. While there are already women’s apparel and rental subscription services on the market, [Read More]
