The textile industry has become the second worst polluting industry in the world.

With a mammoth amount of waste from manufacturers and retailers, and almost no textile recycling, it’s an issue that’s having a negative impact on the planet – literally.
 
Deakin Associate Research Fellow, Lucas Rosson aims to change that in some innovative ways.
 
From chemical recycling to working with industry to turn food waste into textiles, his research is showing that sustainable materials are possible.
 
This is the story of how a young mining and engineering student made the switch to study materials science, uncovered new insights about how we colour certain materials, and experience some happy accidents that would lead to new possibilities for textile sustainability.
 
At 07:58 and 25:00 Lucas mentions ‘IFM’ – this is Deakin University’s Institute of Frontier Materials https://www.deakin.edu.au/ifm
 
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