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By Shardell Joseph 

Tech-based clothing company has launched a t-shirt made from wood and algae that is consumed by worms in 12 weeks. 

Vollebak, founded by British designers, athletes and twin brothers, Nick and Steve Tidball, designed the t-shirt that breaks down in soil or in a composter within three months.

The wood pulp sourced to make the t-shirts, including wood from eucalyptus, beech and spruce trees, is from sustainably managed forests. These are then chipped and pulped before being turned into fibre, then yarn and finally fabric.

The t-shit can then be disposed when end of life has been reached by either burying it underground, or putting it in a compost bin, which the company states the three-month decomposing process will begin.

"The plant and algae T-shirt needs the fungus, bacteria and heat from the earth to start to break down," Steve Tidball told Dezeen.

"So if you want it to disintegrate you have to bury it in the ground or put it out in the compost – it's not going to happen in your wardrobe," he added.

Once decomposed either in the ground or a compost bin, the T-shirt becomes "worm food" – transformed into the same matter as the dead plants, grass, and leaves on the ground that are eaten by worms.

The algae makes up the entirety of the green block design on the front of the t-shirt, using a process by growing in bioreactors that turns the aquatic plant into printable ink. The ink passes from bioreactors through a filter that separates out the algae, leaving a thick algae paste. 

This paste is then dried using heat – the sun. This creates a fine powder, which is later mixed with a water-based binder to make the algae ink.

"Algae can't survive once it's removed from water, so the algae on the T-shirt is no longer alive," explained Tidball.

"And because it started life as a plant rather than a chemical dye, the natural pigment in algae is more sensitive and won't behave like colour normally does on clothing," he continued.

My older brother is part of a company that created this audio software called Audio Design Desk. It’s a sound editing software that makes it easier for editors to input sound effects and other auditory cues into their media. It is actually starting to be picked up by shows on Netflix, Hulu, Amazon Prime, and more! We are very very proud of him. But, it gets even better!

Audio Design Desk is up for an award at Startupfest 2020. They are in the group of finalists, and it’s up to the votes from the fans to determine the winner. 

SO, if you would like to help me support my older brother and vote for his software to win, here is the link to the site where you can vote! All you need is your address and that’s it!

Please do not feel obligated to do this, but I know all of us would really appreciate the support!

Thanks everyone!

'Pretty much everyone I meet on a visit to Kenya has a story. A print shop owner can’t pay back a loan taken out to buy a goat to cook for a Christmas party. A policeman I ask for directions pulls out his phone and admits to defaulting on a loan himself. A cab driver says that, four months after he borrowed to buy a new battery, he’s no closer to repaying the debt. Several people get text messages from debt collectors as we speak.