Recycling Unrecyclable Textiles
In this interview, we are talking to David Sudolsky, the President and CEO of Anellotech, a US based company doing incredible things in the recycling sphere.
Founded in 2008, Anellotech is a sustainable technology company that has invented and is developing innovative technologies to produce cost effective, renewable chemicals and to recycle mixed plastic waste. Recently, they have turned their technology to textiles, developing ways to recycle previously unrecyclable materials.
In this video you'll learn:
- About Anellotech, a company who have developed a technology to recycle plastics, and how it is being applied to textiles
- The challenges faced in developing and scaling this type of technology
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Vegan Alternatives to Silk
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