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"The problem is that many fabrics are mixed materials and mechanical recycling struggles to separate them into useful parts.

The new technique uses heat and a catalyst to break the long molecular chains of both natural and synthetic fibers into easily reusable units"

www.nature.com/articles/d41...

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"Scientists hope it could allow 88% of clothing worldwide to be recycled."

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