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Sep 2023
29m 30s

Threading the future of circular fashion...

Guy Raz | Wondery
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Over one hundred billion garments will be produced this year, but they don’t have to be.  Peter Majeranowski says we have all the clothes we need to make all the clothing we’ll ever need, and his company, Circ, has pioneered the technology to prove it.  This week on How I Built This Lab, Peter shares how trying to create fuel from tobacco unintentionally l ... Show More
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