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Textile recycling confronts hurdles of cost, scalability

September 1st, 2024

At the Sweden-based Siptex textile recycling facility, the sorting machines use near-infrared and visual spectroscopy to take mixed textile waste and sort the items by fiber type. These bales are ready for their next processing step, whether that’s chemical or mechanical recycling. Image: Siptex Textile waste is a massive problem throughout the world. The European […]

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Outdoor shade and screens ride the storms out

July 1st, 2024

J. Miller Canvas worked with EPT Design on a 2,160 square-foot shade sail installation at the pre-K through eighth grade Pegasus School in Huntington Beach, Calif. Image: J. Miller Canvas LLC Extreme weather that whips up strong winds, releases torrents of rainfall and causes floods, droughts and other hazards is becoming more common, and businesses […]

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Mar Ricketts and Guildworks soar to new heights

April 1st, 2023

Photography by Mark Skalny Growing up in Maryland, Mar Ricketts liked flying kites and architecture, two interests that continue to influence him today.  Ricketts is the principal and founder of GuildWorks LLC, a full-service design, specification, fabrication and installation company that creates permanent and temporary tension and fabric structures.  As unlikely as it may seem, […]

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