Chicago Innovator: How a people-powered fabric shredder is taking on the problem of waste
About 85 percent of clothes and other textiles in the U.S. are thrown away every year.
Recycling fabric is harder than it might seem, as most fabrics are a mix of fibers and material types, requiring different techniques that are hard to do on a large scale.
Reset checks in with a local weaver who is trying out a community-driven way to deal with textile waste.
GUEST: Emily Winter, co-founder of The Weaving Mill
Erik Newman, instructor in the designed objects department at SAIC
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Chicago Innovator: How a people-powered fabric shredder is taking on the problem of waste
About 85 percent of clothes and other textiles in the U.S. are thrown away every year.
Recycling fabric is harder than it might seem, as most fabrics are a mix of fibers and material types, requiring different techniques that are hard to do on a large scale.
Reset checks in with a local weaver who is trying out a community-driven way to deal with textile waste.
GUEST: Emily Winter, co-founder of The Weaving Mill
Erik Newman, instructor in the designed objects department at SAIC