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Plastic Bottles Have No Place In The Ocean—Except As These Diveskins

June 20, 2023 Lauren Zola
Jill Newbold is the CEO of Chapel Hill-based startup LoPo Diveskins. Cofounded by Newbold and her sister, Kelly, the online apparel brand makes its products from reclaimed plastic bottles that […]
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Within the span of three months about a decade ago, the unthinkable happened in Alyssa Cherry’s life: she found out two of the closest people in her life had cancer. […]

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