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Transforming Textiles

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Q Overview Recycling typically revolves around plastic, metal, glass and paper products. Have you considered recycling textiles? This week you'll learn about some ways chemists are trying to lower the impact the textile industry has on landfills by developing methods to recycle various types of textiles. Instructions 1. Read the Chemical and Engineering News article, Transforming Textiles Actions . 2. Share a golden line from the article and briefly explain why you chose that quote. 3. Respond to the following prompts: o Do you own any articles of clothing made from recycled materials? If so, how do you like them? Do you notice any difference in quality compared with clothes made from non-recycled materials? o Would you purchase clothing (cotton or synthetic) made from recycled textiles? Why or why not? o Search the internet to find what other ways can clothing be recycled and share what they can be made into/used for. List at least three materials that can be manufactured from recylced clothes.

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There were several golden lines, so it was a bit difficult for me to chose from. I have decided to concentrate on the following: “The fundamental problem is that garments are being made too cheaply, and even those that are robust are not being used for their potential life spans because the fast-fashion industry by definition sells newness”. This clearly underlines the main problem of this industry – and is not the only one! Everything is about selling and buying and, unfortunately, most of the people are weak and fall into this trap, of having the newest cloth, newest phone! If we stop buying, the industry will have to re-adjust to the new demand, thus limiting the waste its producing.