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Textiles Recycling: The Sorting Challenge

Textiles Recycling: The Sorting Challenge To this day, only a tiny fraction of discarded textiles is recycled. While the clothing industry has doubled production in the last 15 years, the time garments are worn has fallen by more than 30%.…

Saving Trick for Plastic Recycling by Bacteria

Saving Trick for Plastic Recycling by Bacteria Scientists at the Max Planck Institute in Marburg have developed a more efficient, carbon dioxide-saving way for the bacterial utilization of ethylene glycol, a component of the plastic PET.…