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Putting an end to throwaway fashion: How France is countering the fast-fashion craze
Putting an end to throwaway fashion: How France is countering the fast-fashion craze 1920 768 Flustix

The trend is unbroken: With ever new collections for little money, international cheap fashion producers are firing up the clothing market. The result: textiles are often of inferior quality, short-lived…

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Why don’t people in the fitness center generate electricity when they exercise?
Why don’t people in the fitness center generate electricity when they exercise? 1920 768 Flustix

To slow down the climate catastrophe, we need more green electricity, there are no two opinions. Wind power plays a significant role. Photovoltaics is becoming more and more effective and…

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Independently certified: start-up develops plastic alternative from plastic-free raw material
Independently certified: start-up develops plastic alternative from plastic-free raw material 1920 768 Flustix

INNOVATIONS This innovation is causing a stir: The Hamburg-based start-up traceless has developed a plastic-free alternative to plastic and bioplastics. The new material is bio-based but does not consume any…

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Fast fashion madness: What Greenpeace discovers in cheap children’s fashion from the world’s largest online retailer is appalling
Fast fashion madness: What Greenpeace discovers in cheap children’s fashion from the world’s largest online retailer is appalling 1920 768 Flustix

Fast fashion is one of the biggest environmental sins that happens every day and is uncontrolled on our planet: Hundreds of thousands of pieces of low-quality textiles are put into…

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The best second-hand markets for Christmas gifts
The best second-hand markets for Christmas gifts 1920 768 Flustix

Millions of Germans now buy, sell and swap their used items – sometimes quite classically at the flea market or online via Internet marketplaces. flustix explains where to find the…

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German start-up invents method to recycle polyester from textiles
German start-up invents method to recycle polyester from textiles 953 375 Flustix

INNOVATIONS Polyester-containing blended textiles are widespread, but also problematic – because until now, there has been no practical way to separate and recycle blended fabrics. That could now change: A…

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The flustix top 5 2022: pain in the neck of the nation, bags from grass, solid shampoos, and a phenomenon that really annoys everyone
The flustix top 5 2022: pain in the neck of the nation, bags from grass, solid shampoos, and a phenomenon that really annoys everyone 1920 768 Flustix

Since April 2022 the flustix newsletter is published – since then we are happy about new subscribers and your growing interest every month. Thank you! At the end of the…

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Toilet paper without a cardboard sleeve: Ingenious climate-saving coup or cheap greenwashing?
Toilet paper without a cardboard sleeve: Ingenious climate-saving coup or cheap greenwashing? 1920 768 Flustix

It sounds brilliant at first: toilet paper king Zewa produces toilet paper without a cardboard sleeve – and thus promises “40 percent less waste”. The technology is conceivably simple: the…

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The flustix forecast for 2023: more innovations, fight against greenwashing, less packaging
The flustix forecast for 2023: more innovations, fight against greenwashing, less packaging 1920 768 Flustix

ATTITUDE WITH BISS The EU Commission has launched a strengthening of the Packaging Regulation. A really big thing, bold and ambitious. The central innovations: The proportion of primary raw materials…

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New EU packaging regulation: The effects are particularly drastic for shopping and traveling
New EU packaging regulation: The effects are particularly drastic for shopping and traveling 1920 768 Flustix

The EU is putting on pressure: waste-intensive packaging is to be banned, reusable and recycling solutions massively promoted – for this, the responsible Commission has proposed a revision of the…

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