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Textiles and the circular economy
November 22, 2021![DW Global Ideas Webspecial "Kreislaufwirtschaft" Kategorie Textilien](https://static.dw.com/image/59835644_800.webp)
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Germany: Refashioning discarded fabric
Just one percent of the 92 million tons of textiles dumped each year end up being recycled. But with a little creativity, you can make magnificent things out of old fabric. One company in eastern Germany is giving discarded clothes a new lease of life.
Can mushrooms provide a vegan, green alternative to animal leather?
An Indonesian startup is just one company making an ecofriendly leatherlike material from fungi. There is optimism that plant-based textiles could make the fashion industry more sustainable.