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Łódź fashion firm making a splash with new tights made from old fishing nets and marine waste

Named among this year’s “must-have” items at the 2021 Łódź Design Festival, according to the judges, the tights stood-out not just because of their eco aspects, but also on account of their aesthetics.

Named among this year’s “must-have” items at the 2021 Łódź Design Festival, according to the judges, the tights stood-out not just because of their eco aspects, but also on account of their aesthetics.

Poland launches local investment funding programme

As of Friday, local governments can apply to the state development bank BGK for financing under the government's New Deal economic recovery plan, BGK has said.

Poland with one of the lowest levels of wasted Covid-19 vaccine doses

Poland has one of the lowest rates of wasted vaccines in the world, a senior government official has claimed.

Waste not, want not: the book showing Poles the path to a life of less waste

Author Agnieszka Bukowska speaks to TFN about her groundbreaking book, Less Waste Polska.

Plastic fantastic: tech firm turns plastic waste into fuel

The technology could help reduce plastic waste, a major source of global pollution.

Start-up looking to revolutionise eco-shopping with vending machines to refill plastic bottles

Swapp also plans to go beyond the world of retail by putting its refill-o-mats in other buildings such as blocks of flats in a bid to shake up shopping and shrink the mountains of plastic waste the world produces each year.

Polish plastic organisation joins global fight to rid world of plastic pollution

The organisation includes some of the country’s biggest retailers and food producers.

Waste map, want not: zero-waste map points Kraków in a green direction

The new maps aim to promote local businesses and limit waste.

Poznań firm bags green award for AI-equipped bin that sorts rubbish automatically

Makers claim offices equipped with smart bins can save money, while becoming a lot greener in the process.

World at Waste? Poland on the Case

Agata Frankiewicz is on a mission. Listed as one of the 'Top 50 boldest women changing the world for better' in 2018, Agata is working to connect corporations wasting gigantic amounts of materials each year with creators and artists who spin beautiful products from things others throw away.

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