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Transforming Textile Waste into Renewable Energy

August 28, 2024
Sonja discusses findings from an EREF-funded collaborative project in which our enzymatic fiber separation approach was used to convert model textile waste to pumpable slurries that were converted to biogas.

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Counting the Cost of Fashion’s Carbon Footprint

June 10, 2024
In this Nature Careers podcast by Dom Byrne, part of the How to Save Humanity in 17 Goals series, Sonja discusses challenges and opportunities for sustainable consumption and production of textiles.

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Dr. Sonja Salmon’s Breakthrough Research on Textile Recycling: A Solution to Post-Consumer Waste

May 30, 2024
Sonja joined Jeff Hamlin on the WPTF Afternoon News to discuss research that could help decrease the 11 million tons of post-consumer textile waste being dumped into U.S. landfills every year.

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Sustainable Textile Research Efforts at N.C. State Receive Major Funding

February 19, 2024
The Wilson College of Textiles at N.C. State University is serving as a core partner for research efforts in one of two inaugural National Science Foundation Regional Innovation Engines anchored in North Carolina.

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NC State Textile Waste Research Paves Way for Greener Textile Future

January 29, 2024
Siyan’s article on “Preparation and characterization of cotton fiber fragments from model textile waste via degradation” was selected for the November 2023 cover of Cellulose journal

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ITMA Innovator Xchange – Sustainability & Circularity | Jeannie Egan, North Carolina State University

June 13, 2023
Jeannie’s presentation on “Enzymatic Textile Fiber Separation for Sustainable Waste Processing” in Milan, Italy

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NC State Professor Emeritus Leaves Legacy of Mentorship, Sustainability and Joy

April 12, 2023
Photo from 2021 during “COVID-time”, Prof. Hudson drops in to see Sonja and Jialong in lab

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New Textiles Recycling Research Unzips Potential Pathways for Sustainability

April 11, 2023
Waste 360 promoting the 2023 WasteExpo in New Orleans in May

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NC State researchers take aim at textile waste

March 28, 2023
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Researchers Separate Cotton From Polyester in Blended Fabric

March 20, 2023

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Sewing sustainability: Textiles lead the way to a greener future

January 3, 2023

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Hidden wicking power in biocatalytic yarn

January 2023

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New Interdisciplinary Research Collaboration Will Tackle Global Challenges

October 2022

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High-throughput Textile Composting Test Method

April 2022

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A protein-filled cotton sheet can filter carbon emissions

June 12, 2022

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Textile Filter Testing Shows Promise for Carbon Capture

June 2, 2022

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Textile Waste is a Problem. Here’s How Researchers Want to Solve It

April 22, 2022

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Yarns Coated with Enzymes Can Act as Filters

March 11, 2021

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$Yue Yuan (left) visiting the Spallation Neutron Source at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL). Yuan was hosted by Flora Meilleur (right).$

Doctoral student creating “scrubber” textiles discovers neutron analysis techniques at ORNL

February 22, 2019

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Dr. Sonja Salmon Joins College of Textiles as Associate Professor and Industrial Partnerships Manager

September 12, 2017

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