@dalias@hachyderm.io In the late 70s/early 80s my Dad worked for a man-made fibre factory. (As did 75% of the town). I remember him talking about experiments to recycle old fabric into thread to make new fabric from. But making the new thread was quicker, so the experiments stayed as experiments. I need to caveat this with: this is my memory of things pre-teen me heard the grown-ups talking about. @afewbugs@social.coop @quixoticgeek@social.v.st @unchartedworlds@scicomm.xyz @JoBlakely@mastodon.social