The Koup Blog : journey into sustainable living & interesting stories

What does it mean to live and lead a circular lifestyle? What are the benefits? How and where do we begin? As discussed in our previous blog post on fast fashion and...

Fashion, textiles, and wearing clothing can date back to hundreds and thousands of years. However, it wasn’t until the 1990s that fast fashion took over as the largest and main...

The term carbon footprint describes the total amount of Greenhouse gas (GHG)  produced directly or indirectly by an event, entity or a product. For products such as a cotton t-shirt, it includes...

The textile industry is one of the most environmentally damaging industry in the world and is also one that requires vast number of natural resources such as land and water....

We started the Koup blog because we wanted to share ideas that we find interesting and think that are important, and we thought what better way to get some Q&As...

You may have seen these on product descriptions or Facebook ads during this Black Friday Season:   “Made from on average 8 recycled plastic bottles”   “Made from sustainably farmed...

When shopping for clothing, how often do you check the material composition of the clothes you are about to buy? You probably know to check on the printed label below...

By the time you finished reading this sentence, more than 1000 plastic bottles (mainly made with polyester) would have been thrown away worldwide, and most of these end up in...