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Finding better ways to recycle textiles from mattresses may soon move from a dream to reality. A team of WVU researchers, under the direction of Sunidhi Mehta in the Davis College of Agriculture, Natural Resources and Design, will use grant funding to produce a biodegradable composite material to be used in the 3D printing of more environmentally friendly consumer products.

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