RSSFind Out How They Make Plastic Into Fabric
November 14, 2008 · Written by Adam
We get lots of emails at Life Goggles and one the other week turned out to be a two in one deal. Not only did it link to a digital editions of magazines via a website called Cloverleaf, but the article it pointed to for a free preview was about how plastic is recycled into fabric.
The article is from ReadyMade magazine and you can read it here. A little more info and picture of the digital edition are below.
The article follows the process it takes to turn a bottle into fabric, from the chipped plastic bits that resemble snow cone filling to the fiber filaments that “feel eerily like human hair gone unwashed for so long that it’s soft with grease.” There’s also some great photos, and surprising facts like it takes just 10 plastic bottles to make a pound of fiber.
What a fantastic idea - I wonder how they found out they could do this? Whatever will they think of next?