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advertisement 04-15-2021 RECOMMENDER This eco-friendly raincoat brand wants to buy back your old rubber boots Baxter Wood cofounder Kweku Larbi grew up near Ghana’s largest garbage dump.
What's that stuff? Raincoats Charles Macintosh's waterproof-fabric concept, patented more than 180 years ago, is still relevant ...
With the help of our in-house shopping expert (or ‘shopaholic’), she’s found the best raincoats on the high street right now ...
Pakistan’s biggest charity, famous for its emergency services for the poor, is kitting staff out in rain coats and rubber boots in the battle against the coronavirus as it can't get hold of ...
As scrap rubber piled up in reclamation heaps last week, many a citizen wondered how—and even whether—you could separate the rubber from a raincoat. It is possible and simple, explained ...
Today’s Google Doodle celebrates the man whose invention keeps us dry all winter: Charles Macintosh (1766–1843), inventor of the waterproof raincoat — commonly known as a mackintosh.
With heavy rain expected to blight parts of the UK over the New Year weekend, now seems like an ideal time celebrate the man who invented the mackintosh raincoat. Charles Macintosh, born in ...