While the ecological movement has questioned the endless expansion of production, consumption and the consequent acceleration of resource and energy use, the left has often emphasised the domination of nature not just to meet everyone’s needs but to offer a universally high standard of living.
Researchers from the University of Minho, Portugal have investigated current perspectives on the extraction of cellulose polymer fibers from old textiles. Appearing in Polymers, the paper has provided a brief overview of some current research in this area.