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Channel: Seeker
Categories: Chemistry   |   Environmental   |   Science  
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Considered the alchemist of waste, materials scientist Veena Sahajwalla is closing the loop on fast fashion by tapping into fabrics molecular potential.

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Nothing Should Be Classified As Waste': Crisis Is Opportunity For Veena Sahajwalla
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/mar/06/nothing-should-be-classified-waste-veena-sahajwalla-sees-crisis-as-opportunity
In Sahjawallas more advanced recycling process, cross contamination is a virtue rather than a problemIn fact, the blends are what give the tiles their unique properties, with wood adding strength and textiles offering sound absorbency.

What Happens When Fashion Becomes Fast, Disposable And Cheap?
https://www.npr.org/2016/04/08/473513620/what-happens-when-fashion-becomes-fast-disposable-and-cheap
We don't necessarily have the ability to handle the disposal, Lewis says. The rate of disposal is not keeping up with the availability of places to put everything that we're getting rid of and that's the problem.

Fashion Industry Accounts For More Than a Third of Ocean Microplastics, Report Warns
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The Institution of Mechanical Engineers report also found that three-fifths of all clothing produced is sent to landfill or incinerated within a year of being made, in part because of limited recycling options to recover fibres.

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