Frustrated by limited options to recycle textile waste, neighbors in Minneapolis in World 282 build a community-scale model for transforming discarded material. Together, they gain skills and knowledge needed for circular textile systems by collecting, sorting, and preparing textiles that can no longer be worn or donated.
The resulting ecosystem of textile recycling creates new jobs, collaborations, innovative materials, and a model for local resilience that can be replicated. Through stewarding a practice of material recovery and transformation, this world builds understanding of waste streams, self reliance and knowledge of materials and systems.
What if …
… a community stewarded its own textile recycling facility?
Issue targeted:
textile waste
Inspiration:
Wool recycling mills, collaging
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