That is the mantra Dr. Izabela Ciesielska-Wrobe, a textile engineer and a professor at the University of Rhodes Island. As quoted in a recent article of the Boston Globe:
” … As a textile engineer, she “scoops everything together, melts it down, and makes something out of it,” she says. Her mission as a professor at the University of Rhode Island is twofold: Refurbishing ocean plastic waste in creative ways, and teaching the importance of supporting state legislation to mandate filters in washing machines, to limit microfibers that contaminate waterways.
By Alexa Coultoff Globe Correspondent,Updated May 27, 2024
You can read the full interview with DR. Ciesielska-Wrobe at BOSTON GLOBE
