National Geographic USA - 03.2020

In Prato, Italy, where wool cloth has been produc

3,500 companies employing 40,000 workers pro

the wool is sorted by color, washed, and shredd

Only one percent of textile waste is currently re

Black soldier flies raised on food waste might replace soy as a protein in ani-

mal feed, saving land. Entocycle, a British start-up, tests breeding conditions

at its London lab (above) and feeds brewery and coffee waste to the larvae.

They’re harvested (below) after just two weeks.

FOOD CLOTHES