From Cameron Sinclair, Bremen, Germany
Alice Klein describes how clothes are “recycled” into flat panels (10 November, p 10). Work to reduce our waste is admirable, but this seems to me a misguided approach: downcycling the waste rather than recycling.
Blending materials together removes any possibility of further recycling. The materials are still ultimately likely to end up in landfill. Wouldn't it be better to separate the clothes by material and try to make something that takes advantage of the original properties of each material?
