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![Students helped with the launch of a textile recycling initiative within Wilson College of Textiles. This is one of many sustainability projects the college has started recently.](https://sustainability.ncsu.edu/multisite/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Green-Zone-bins-1-360x216.jpg)
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A Sustainable Future For Cotton
Industry experts in textile sustainability gathered for the Cotton and Sustainability Symposium hosted by the Wilson College of Textiles on Nov. 1![textiles-senior-design](https://sustainability.ncsu.edu/multisite/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/textiles-senior-design-360x216.jpg)
Textiles Students Design Sustainable Solutions
In this senior design course, students have two semesters to create a solution to a textiles industry problem. This year, several projects focus on sustainability.![](https://sustainability.ncsu.edu/multisite/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/Reborn-founders-360x216.jpg)
Students Start Business To Tackle Textile Waste
NC State students and Park Scholars Emily Neville and Carly Kvietok launched Reborn Clothing Co. to revive clothes you no longer wear into new, useful products.![](https://sustainability.ncsu.edu/multisite/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/rejaul-hasan-360x216.jpg)
Student Strives To Build Safe, Sustainable Apparel Industry
Tragedy in his home country brought Rejaul Hasan to NC State, where his research could contribute toward a safer, more sustainable global apparel industry.![](https://sustainability.ncsu.edu/multisite/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/vermicomposting-360x216.jpg)
Students Compost Cotton Waste From Campus Labs
In the College of Textiles, students are exploring how to create a sustainable cotton composting program to reduce waste sent to landfill.![](https://sustainability.ncsu.edu/multisite/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/LED-Lights-360x216.jpg)
LED Upgrade Saves Energy, Improves Textiles Lab
New LED lighting in an NC State University College of Textiles student lab will save $4,700 annually in avoided energy costs.Students’ elephant collar project to track elephants’ routes
An article from NC State's Technician newspaper.![](https://sustainability.ncsu.edu/multisite/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/Rice-bag-winners-2016-feature-992x558-360x216.jpg)