Soh Kam Yung on Nostr: "Researchers have developed a chemical-processing technique that can break down ...

"Researchers have developed a chemical-processing technique that can break down fabrics into reusable molecules, even when they contain a mixture of materials.

The process, outlined in a Science Advances paper on 3 July, shows that chemical recycling can give old textiles a new lease of life. If scaled up, it could help to tackle the growing mountain of waste generated by the fashion industry"

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-02210-1

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