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Neat News 2023-18 (added 2023-01-18)
Recycling clothes
Public Domain by Krdan Ielalir
| An estimate says that in the USA in 2018, 47 kg of textiles were thrown away per person on average and only a small amount (13 percent globally) is recycled. There are new approaches to increase this, for instance, by enzymes that can degrade PET (polyethylene terephthalate) molecules. related: #recycling #clothes |
News seen at: Scientific American - Environment
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