Supply Chain – Zero Panik

The Power of Technology: Revolutionizing Your Supply Chain Operations

January 8, 2024 / Comments Off

Introduction Supply chain operations are at the heart of a successful business, ensuring efficient and timely delivery of products and services to customers. In today’s fast-paced and increasingly competitive business landscape, technology plays a crucial role in optimizing and streamlining supply chain operations. From automated inventory management systems to advanced analytics and machine learning, businesses […]

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Creating a Sustainable Supply Chain for Your New Product Pipeline

January 5, 2024 / Comments Off

The Journey to Success: Creating a Sustainable Supply Chain for Your New Product Pipeline When introducing a new product to the market, one of the most critical steps is establishing a reliable and efficient supply chain. A supply chain encompasses all the processes and activities involved in getting a product from the manufacturer to the […]

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Why You Should Care About Textile-to-Textile Recycling

June 1, 2023 / Comments Off

Introduction The textile industry is one of the most polluting industries in the world. Every year, millions of tons of textile waste are produced – and most of it ends up in landfill. Textile recycling is a great way to reduce textile waste and help the environment. There are many benefits to textile recycling. It […]

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The Three Essential Steps Towards Achieving Circular Fashion

May 25, 2023 / Comments Off

Introduction For those wishing to take the plunge into a sustainable fashion future, Slow Circular Fashion (SCF) provides a holistic solution. It’s an innovative system for producing apparel that offers social, economic, and environmental advantages compared to traditional “throw-away” clothing. At its core, SCF is composed of three main steps: design-produce-use-reuse. Consequently, it is critical […]

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How Blockchain Technology Can Promote Circularity Within the Fashion Industry

May 3, 2022 / Comments Off

The fashion industry has a sustainability problem. However, the extent of the problem is virtually unknown due to fashion’s global and decentralized supply chain. Blockchain, a new innovative technology commonly associated with bitcoin, has the potential to improve transparency in complex supply chains. An improvement in transparency is the first major step toward building a […]

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How Can We Use Transparency to Track the Second Life of Clothing?

April 27, 2022 / Comments Off

Society’s addiction to fashion is causing a devastating strain on the planet. The First Step Towards Sustainable Fashion? Transparency. Cotton crops consume lots of water and require copious amounts of fertilizers and pesticides. Whereas synthetic fibers, such as polyester, are made of plastic and therefore are derived from fossil fuels. Each year, billions of garments […]

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Can Medical Plastics be Recycled?

April 1, 2022 / Comments Off

Globally more than 400 million tons of plastic waste is produced each year, of which only 9 percent is recycled. Medical Plastics and Sustainability in the Health Care Industry During a visit to my dentist’s office this past week I asked my dentist why he doesn’t recycle plastic cups. The answer baffled me, he said […]

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Sustainability in the Healthcare Industry: Medical Textiles

March 14, 2022 / Comments Off

According to a recent study, sustainability programs have tremendous potential to decrease the environmental footprint of the healthcare industry and drastically reduce costs. While there are many opportunities within the healthcare industry to reduce waste and improve sustainability efforts. One area often overlooked that creates a huge impact is hospital linen services which include the […]

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Why Zero Panik?

February 12, 2022 / Comments Off

The Textile Industry is a Dirty Business Why Zero Panik is dedicated to textile recycling The world of fashion allows individuals to freely express their creative selves, but behind the glitz and glamour lies a dark underbelly. As the calls against climate change and social inequities grow stronger, we can no longer ignore the fashion […]

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From Rags to Ditches

February 12, 2022 / Comments Off

From Rags to Ditches Why turning old t-shirts into rags is not sustainable. If you google textile recyclers you will find a list of companies that take your old t-shirts and rip them up into rags. Now while this all sounds well and good, we all know that rags get soiled and used for the […]