The Environment’s New Clothes: Biodegradable Textiles Grown from Live Organisms
When a piece of clothing wears out or goes out of fashion, it often gets tossed in the trash; clothes made up 9 percent of all municipal solid waste produced in the U.S. in 2014, according to the Environmental Protection Agency. And the impact of what we wear goes well beyond clogged landfills. from https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-environments-new-clothes-biodegradable-textiles-grown-from-live-organisms/ https://static.scientificamerican.com/sciam/cache/file/B3CB02DD-BE28-4B25-AA0A687F5B6AA8C4.jpg?w=590&h=393&DC7D3212-9731-49D4-A506B2BF8395964F