Researchers at UNSW Sydney have developed an effective process to turn old clothing and textiles into high-quality building products such as flat panels.
Environment
Dec 19, 2018
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The fast-industrial fashion system, where profits go mostly to those at the top, and which produces high volumes of deliberate waste, is a dinosaur that will not survive the transition to sustainability. So believes textile ...
Economics & Business
Nov 9, 2018
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Each time an item of clothing is washed up to 700,000 microscopic fibres make their way into our oceans, where they are swallowed by sea life and become incorporated into the food chain, potentially ending up on our plates, ...
Environment
Sep 13, 2018
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A staggering 235m items of unwanted clothing were forecast to be dumped in UK landfill in 2017, while the average American is estimated to bin 81lb (37kg) of used clothing annually. Overconsumption and the inevitable disposal ...
Other
Jul 31, 2018
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It's a well-known fact that the fashion industry is one of the biggest industrial polluters in the world. Based on 2015 estimates, it's responsible for 1 715 million tonnes of annual CO2 emissions and produces around 92 million ...
Environment
Jun 11, 2018
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When you spill pasta sauce on your favorite shirt but there is no trace of it after being washed, you can thank oleophobicity, a resistance to oil commonly applied to textiles.
Materials Science
May 2, 2017
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Pollution created by making and dyeing clothes has pitted the fashion industry and environmentalists against each other. Now, the advent of "fast fashion"—trendy clothing affordable enough to be disposable—has strained ...
Materials Science
Apr 2, 2017
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Rows of shallow plastic bins cover nearly every available space inside one of the textile and clothing labs in LeBaron Hall. The lab is really more of a "greenhouse," but it is far different from the other greenhouses on ...
Materials Science
Apr 27, 2016
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While they're often linked with studying remote civilizations, the role of the contemporary anthropologist is changing. Stephanie Sadre-Orafai, a University of Cincinnati assistant professor of anthropology, will apply one ...
Social Sciences
Nov 17, 2015
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The presence of counterfeiters in the market can drive innovation in the fashion industry, according to a new study from the University of British Columbia.
Economics & Business
Jun 25, 2015
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