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Bringing Local Textile Recycling to the US with Material Return’s Bobby Carswell

Bringing Local Textile Recycling to the US with Material Return’s Bobby Carswell

Published January 31, 2023


The textile industry produces up to 10% of global emissions and 20% of global wastewater, according to EU estimates. Mechanical recycling can reduce that impact by keeping textiles out of landfills — and in the circular economy — for longer. In this episode, Climate Break spoke to Bobby Carswell about Material Return about how locally based mechanical recycling can help make the US textile industry more circular and less polluting.

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Recycling with Deborah Raphael

Recycling with Deborah Raphael

Published April 12, 2021

Many “recyclable” materials are not recycled or even recyclable. While papers and metals are recycled at relatively high rates, recycling rates for plastic are below 10 percent. Most plastics display numerical codes, purporting to denote a standardized and elaborate recycling system. But the system is convoluted, sometimes confusing even recycling facilities and identifying recycling processes that are not used.

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