Gary Halada wants to find innovative approaches to recycling and repurposing the clothes Americans throw away. Host Heather Lynch and Halada, associate professor in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering, discuss the growing problem of textile waste globally. Halada shares his research on maintaining the valuable cotton fibers during recycling, creating sustainable building materials from recycled textiles, and the concept of circular economy. They also explore additive manufacturing (3D printing) as a more sustainable alternative to traditional manufacturing techniques.
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- 00:00 Textile waste in America
- 01:13 About C4E Presents podcast
- 02:03 Explaining the circular economy concept
- 04:08 Recycling textile waste
- 05:58 Cotton recyclability
- 08:30 Cotton-poly blends
- 09:15 Consumer guidance
- 11:56 Chemical treatments and microfiber pollution
- 14:14 Additive manufacturing (3D printing)
- 23:44 Incorporating humanitarian values
- 25:08 Ethical obligations
- 29:00 Energy needs, AI development, and climate uncertainty
- 32:58 Conclusion and about the next episode
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C4E Presents is a production of Stony Brook’s Collaborative for the Earth.
Host: Heather Lynch
Editor: J.D. Allen
Producer: Rachel Lea
Program manager: Jennifer Gilday
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