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Where can I find eco-friendly eyewear?

epreneurs are not short of ideas for recycling all kinds of waste. Surprising as it may seem, discarded nylon fishing nets in ports are an excellent raw material for making eyeglasses. Three Bretons called Thibault Uguen, Théo Desprez and Yann Louboutin have joined forces to found Fil & Fab. ...

07
Oct
2021

New Year's Eve: how to choose your foie gras?

ject to strict rules in order to protect consumers from possible deception. First of all, a distinction should be made between products whose sole raw material is foie gras and those that are based on foie gras and other raw materials. The first category is subdivided into three types of produ ...

31
Dec
2021

Simon Beck : the inventor of snow art

enge Simon Beck is an artist truly unlike any other: where others use paint or different materials to create works, he has freshly fallen snow as his raw material. He uses his knowledge as a cartographer and a pair of snowshoes to transpose beautiful patterns onto the snow. His snow artist equ ...

25
Feb
2022

6 ideas to boost your purchasing power immediately

Transportation: Get around differently Of the prices that have increased and are having the most impact on household wallets, gasoline is most certainly placed first. It can be difficult to do without a car for those who don't live near work, those who live in rural areas and don't have a business ...

01
June
2022

Shortage of raw materials: beware, the composition of products may change

s are required to list all ingredients on the packaging. However, due to the war in Ukraine and Russia and the resulting difficulties in supplying raw materials, the Ministry of Economy has made an exception to this rule. It has authorized since April 26, 2022 and for 6 months, manufacturers t ...

13
Sep
2022

Gula melaka: Malaysian palm sugar

lower Although it is possible to make sugar from a variety of palm species, gula melaka is most often from the coconut palm or Cocos nucifera. The raw material used to make this unrefined sugar is more specifically sap extracted from the flower buds of the coconut palm. 3- The production meth ...

14
Nov
2022

Sintered stone: a new material for your kitchen

ur home. It is ecological because its origin is natural and it can be recycled. It can be recycled by simply pulverizing it and turning it back into a raw material. The last but not least quality of this material is its appearance and design. This durable and practical material is very aesthetica ...

30
Nov
2022

DIY: 5 ideas for using pallets in the garden.

ure will have cost you nothing! Attention: errors to avoid. Originally designed for the storage and transportation of goods, wooden pallets are a very useful raw material for both novice and experienced DIY enthusiasts. As the above list shows, they offer an affordable and eco-friendly source of m ...

24
May
2023

The Belem: 5 unusual facts about the famous sailboat.

hanged nationality three times before returning to its original French flag. It was first used for cocoa trade and served to bring back this precious raw material from the West Indies and South America for the Meunier chocolate factory. It then became a British pleasure yacht. In 1914, it was boug ...

29
Sep
2023

Halloween: candy knows no crisis.

set new records even before Halloween. They have shown a growth of 16.7% between the end of August 2022 and the end of August 2023. The increase in raw material prices, such as sugar, as well as packaging and the energy required for their production, has raised the prices of confectionery products ...

31
Oct
2023

The marine terrazzo: a material made from recycled shells

p in the trash each year. In France, there are very few recycling channels for these shells even though they constitute a 100% natural and renewable raw material, useful and local. To valorize this waste, two young Breton entrepreneurs, Hugo Kermarrec and Morgan Guyader, founded Malàkio in Septem ...

30
Aug
2024