From dissolving fabric to clothes made from algae, the winners of this year’s Global Change award are trying to plot a new way forward for a fashion industry that’s been too focused on disposable clothing. If a shirt or dress made with a new type of thread is heated to a certain temperature (266 degrees, hot enough to melt some types of plastic), the thread will dissolve, making zippers and buttons fall off, and the fabric can be used again.
5 Innovations That Could Help Make Fast Fashion More Sustainable
Adele Peters, Fast Company
Mon, 03/12/2018 - 12:00am
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- 'What are your clothes made of?' is a deceptively difficult question. AI can help answer it.
The problems with fast fashion To understand how we got here, it's worth breaking down exactly how fast fashion — the leading cause of the industry's textile-waste problem — is made.
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