Adidas shoes to be made from recycled plastic

Adidas and the Plan for Its Toxic Love Affair With Plastic

By Stephen Fuchs on Email @StephenWFuchs

Take a minute and look down at the shoes you are wearing. Would you say they’re made of leather? Suade? Fabric? If you have on a pair of shoes made by Adidas, chances are that at least half of that material used to comfort your feet is made of plastic. …

Sources: Welt

Photos: Adidas

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Stephen founded German Pulse and LGBT Germany out of a passion to introduce Americans to a Germany that goes beyond beer and polka (although with enough beer he has been known to polka it up a bit). He's a coffee addict, lover of wine and good times, a hit in the kitchen and editor of TV commercials. You can follow him on Twitter (@StephenWFuchs) to find out a lot more.
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Germany leads the world in recycling

Germany Remains Top in Recycling for Another Year

By Stephen Fuchs on Email @StephenWFuchs

Spend any time in Germany and it should come as no surprise that Germans are good at recycling… crazy good compared to American standards. In fact Germany is highly regarded as the top recycling country in the world, and according to a 2017 year-end report from eunomia and the European Environmental …

Sources: Eunomia

Stephen Fuchs
Stephen founded German Pulse and LGBT Germany out of a passion to introduce Americans to a Germany that goes beyond beer and polka (although with enough beer he has been known to polka it up a bit). He's a coffee addict, lover of wine and good times, a hit in the kitchen and editor of TV commercials. You can follow him on Twitter (@StephenWFuchs) to find out a lot more.
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German Startup Dycle Turns Soiled Diapers into Fruit Trees

By Stephen Fuchs on Email @StephenWFuchs

Ayumi Matzusaka isn’t new to the biological recycling game — she has previously turned people’s urine into beer — but with her newly launched Berlin startup, Dycle, she is making her largest effort yet by asking parents to collect their children’s soiled diapers to recycle into growing food resources. While …

Sources: Dycle, VICE

Photo: Dycle

Stephen Fuchs
Stephen founded German Pulse and LGBT Germany out of a passion to introduce Americans to a Germany that goes beyond beer and polka (although with enough beer he has been known to polka it up a bit). He's a coffee addict, lover of wine and good times, a hit in the kitchen and editor of TV commercials. You can follow him on Twitter (@StephenWFuchs) to find out a lot more.
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