Plup is a Finnish independent company which donates 0,10 euros from each PLUP bottle sold, directly to the Baltic Sea Action Group. These donated funds are used in full for cleaning up the Baltic Sea. The bottles holds 400 ml (a pint, basically) also, they’re made from modified PET, a highly recyclable plastic. You can watch their videos here.
In Tokyo, the brand Filt avoids polution by re-using cooking oil to make local candles. They call themselves as ultra-local, actually. The reason is that their raw material comes from Chubby caferia that’s happy to hand over its used cooking oil to Filt, which carefully filters the oil to remove odors and sediment. After adding pigments and a vanilla scent, the filtered oil is poured into glass jars that the company collects from local recycling bins.
Candle’s prices are between JPY 2,000–3,600 (USD 20–36) and it’s easy to find and buy in boutiques and at Chubby, which also uses the candles on its own tables.
The COTTON FROM BLUE TO GREEN is an ONG that colects used denim and give it “new life” by converting it to UltraTouch Natural Cotton Fiber Insulation. The insulation is then provided to communities in need to assist with building efforts. UltraTouch is composed of 85% recycled cotton fibers and is an environmentally safe, non-itch insulation without carcinogenic warnings or chemical irritants. It provides exceptional thermal performance and acoustically provides 30% better sound absorption than traditional fiberglass insulation. In addition, it is one of the only insulating products that contains an active mold/mildew inhibitor. First created in 2006, they had a total of 14,566 pieces of denim collected nationwide.
Check the process here.
Get involved here.
You can watch their video (twice!) bellow
Alanis Morissette and Woody Harrelson has recently launched a line of jeans paints made with 50% recycled denim: Reco. The process for making these pants are pretty intricate. It works like that:
1) They collect piles of excess fabric that would usually get dumped into the landfill.
2) They take the fabric to a re-processing mill where it gets separated and broken down to be spun into yarn.
3) Once separated properly, the fibers are ready to be spun into quality yarn and woven into strong fabric sheets.
4) Finally, the dyeing is done with indigo to give the “blue jean” look.
*The singer and the actor are now partners for Reco.
When it comes to the subject fashion + green I just get really excited about it. Liza again!
Recycled stuff are going to take all ouver the world. This month, the recycled fashion of Liza Arico, a renounced fashion designer came up with amazing designs made from recycled materials during the Berlin Fashion Week. 
DCI has a large green products portfolio. The newest: I’m not a paper cup, and I am a paper paper clip.
Jenna Mack is not an ordinary recycler. She is building her eco-home from about 7.000 used beer bottles, in Evans, West Virginia.
Bellow, you can see the 8 steps of Jenna:
- Collect the bottles
- Clean the bottles – important for clarity of the glass and adhesion to the mortar.
- Build the foundation and frame – nothing is more important than stability when building a glass house
- Build the roof – A shed style steel roof ideal for rainwater harvesting.
- Stack the bottles –four rows in a day and then setting; slow and time consuming
- Install the bathroom.
- Install solar panels, water systems
- Decorate and landscaping.
Everything here is made from biodegradable stuff. Corn, sugarcane and recycled paper. They only ship for U.S.A.
But maybe we can open one like that in our contries… 
