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Carbon Neutral Clothing Is important because people increasingly expect brands to do something about the climate crisis. So <\/span>Mytees<\/span><\/a> has pledged to only ever use a Carbon Neutral Supplier, and this is how it all works from start to finish. <\/span><\/p>

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Our supplier Teemill suspected they were carbon neutral for a long time. But then, when they completed lots of the big stuff, Teemill thought it was time to get someone else to check there numbers so commissioned the Carbon Trust to do the sums independently. It was quite expensive, but it means that Teemill can prove they are Carbon Neutral (TM). Neither the certification, nor the words, are as important as the actions. So let's talk about what it took to get there.<\/span><\/p>

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Your products are made in factories powered by the wind and the sun. Renewable sources of energy minimise pollution, unlike finite fossil fuels like coal which release greenhouse gases when used, contributing to global warming.<\/span><\/p>

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Renewable energy is awesome from the solar panels here on the factory roof to the wind turbines in India <\/p>

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Plant based Packaging<\/strong><\/h3>

\"mjjcjofuysps67rq2y9pw4tzlkbs2iayvoir4ehgsfyv5v7i.jpg\"All the products and packaging are made using natural materials. Whilst it can take hundreds of years for plastic bags to break down, paper biodegrades in weeks. No waste, no plastic pollution. And while plastic is made from oil and requires energy, emitting carbon, to be formed, paper mailers are almost the opposite: The carbon in the molecules that make up the material was captured from the atmosphere during photosynthesis, a physical carbon capture and storage story in your hands. And when they are finally finished, they will degrade into soils and natural systems. You can even use the packaging as a colouring or gift wrapping or any creative ideas you may come up with.<\/span><\/p>

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Organic raw materials<\/strong><\/h3>

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To make farms more productive, the business as usual approach is to pump fertilisers into the ground, pesticides into the air, and in some cases, artificially heat and light plants to increase yield. Economically it makes sense because neither the cost of throwing stuff away when it is worn out, nor the climate cost of energy is costed in. But it's insane. Because the amount of energy, water and transport used, and the pollution that is created, is expensive for our environment and the people within it. This is not acceptable to us, because we do not want our products to cost the Earth. That's why at <\/span>Mytees<\/span><\/a> we take a different approach.<\/span><\/p>

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Organic agriculture is a fundamentally different approach. It means letting plants grow naturally using techniques the way nature intended them. Instead of pesticides, co-planting crops distract bugs. Instead of fertiliser, well, you have options. Like cow poo. And clean soil means that farmers can grow onions and food in the dry season instead of needing to irrigate water. So instead of creating carbon, these crops absorb it. Soft, kind to skin and a positive solution for our climate.<\/span><\/p>

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Reusability<\/strong><\/h3>

Organic production massively reduces the carbon cost of materials, and, better still, we can reutilise the material we have already got to reduce emissions further.<\/p>

To achieve this our supplier uses something called Remill technology it enables them to make new products from worn out materials instead of creating them from scratch every time. This is what we mean when we talk about circular clothing. The recycled tees<\/a> we design on are made with organic cotton that has been sent back and remade. This reduces the material required to make a new yarn by using the material we already have. And by only printing what people need when they need it, waste is designed out in our factories at every stage. Waste saved is carbon saved. All you need to do is scan the label and it tells you how to send the garment back for Remill.<\/p>

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That's only Half The Story<\/strong><\/h3>

Even the web servers we use to power our website is powered by renewable energy up in the clouds. This is the GCP cloud server in the Netherlands, one of the places our <\/em>web site<\/em><\/a> is hosted. It's nerdy. And it's carbon neutral.<\/em><\/p>

It's a detail but an important one that shows how we've taken a root, leaf and branch approach to this issue. And on that subject...<\/span><\/p>

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Tree planting turns a small number negative<\/strong><\/h3>

At Mytees<\/a> we hold a monthly tree planting offer. We are about more than just biodiversity and creating jobs for people in places where they make a difference. Trees absorb carbon. At the time of the Carbon Trust study, together Teemill had planted enough trees to equate to over a million kilograms of CO2 sequestered.<\/p>

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Trees are famous for their CO2 absorbing super-powers, amongst other benefits like cleaning our water and air. By planting a whole load of them, the total absorbed (along with some other nifty offset tricks) worked out to be more than the remaining CO2 left. It's the trees that got us to net zero. And as we regularly run Buy One Get One Tree<\/a> offer weekends, that means you can be part of it as well.<\/p>

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Talking about Carbon Neutral<\/strong><\/h3>

60% of millennials say they want to shop more sustainably. And Mytees<\/a> can help make that happen. Or if you are looking at shopping for Carbon Neutral Clothing from a company that uses Renewable Energy to produce there brand here we are.<\/p>

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So if you care about Carbon Neutral Clothing then this product is a start in the right direction. <\/p>

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