Winter 2021
Plastic
Piling up without foreseeable end, Washington State University researchers work to solve the “plastics problem.” » More ...
Recycling
Spring 2020
From recycled materials, really
Five12 Apparel, with several Washington State University alumni, makes clothing and gear from coffee grounds and other recycled waste. » More ...
Fall 2019
Reduce, reuse, recycle, regenerate
Textile scientist Hang Liu and her colleagues at Washington State University reincarnate new garments from old fibers. » More ...
Fall 2015
Recycling passion
Taking in the trash to build something better, with composite materials. » More ...
Fall 2004
Recycled shoes furnish Kid's Cave
FieldTurf now provides soft landings for more than 160 pre-school children playing in the “Kid’s Cave” at Washington State University. In April the 16- by-21-yard carpet was installed in the alcove beneath the WSU Children’s Center, formerly Rogers-Orton Dining Hall. The same rubberized synthetic material covers WSU’s football and baseball fields.
Judi Dunn headed the successful effort to collect 5,500 pairs of running shoes to qualify for a $20,000 grant from Nike and the National Recycling Coalition.
“I think I personally touched each shoe,” says Dunn, who is WSU’s recycling education coordinator. Rubber from the discarded shoes is chewed up and used in the FieldTurf … » More …