💁🏻♀️ TIL: #Engineering professor Abbie Clarke-Sather and her students at the University of #Minnesota #Duluth spent 10 years building a #machine that gently pulls old #clothes apart fiber by fiber.
Unlike commercial shredders that chop fabric into unusable bits, this “fiber shredder” produces strands long enough to re-spin into new yarn. It's a small-scale #solution to the 17 million tons of #textiles landfilled in the #US each year.
👉 mprnews.org/story/2026/06/11/d…
#textiles #waste #fastfashion #recycling #sustainability #science #environment
Duluth engineering professor’s fabric recycler keeps old clothes out of landfills
University of Minnesota Duluth engineering professor Abbie Clarke-Sather’s “fiber shredder” breaks clothing down into reusable threads in 90 seconds. The machine may help recycle clothing and keep it out of landfills.Dan Kraker (MPR News)