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Wetsuits get new life through Rip Curl’s recycle program

The invention of the wetsuit in the 1950s allowed surfers to brave chilly water year-round, but it came with an environmental cost – the neoprene material used is a petroleum-based substance that takes decades to decompose.

Rip Curl, which has its North American headquarters in San Clemente, is hoping to keep old suits from stacking up in landfills.

In 2021, it launched a recycling program, collecting more than 20,000 wetsuits since. The program started first in Australia and Europe and then in the United States a year later. Since the U.S. program started, an estimated 5,000 wetsuits have been recycled.

Los Angeles Daily News · Jan 25, 2024

Instant is in, fancy is out. Nothing stays the same for long in the world of home-brewed coffee

Instants that demand respect. Compostable pods. High-altitude blends. And a myriad of related home-brew goodies that lift the senses with the familiar fragrant waft of a humble roasted bean: coffee.

Associated Press · Jan 18, 2024

Need to get rid of your junk and your consumer guilt? There’s a subscription for that

Since her usual hazardous waste disposal site closed last year, Dashiel St. Damien has accumulated 20 pounds of batteries and a bag full of lightbulbs.

St. Damien, 46, a designer who lives in Mount Washington, knows these items shouldn’t go into her usual curbside bins, but has struggled to find a new, convenient place to drop them off. So the months ticked by, and the bulbs kept piling up.

Los Angeles Times · Jan 15, 2024