Fashion's favorite green strategy-recycled polyester-might actually be worsening microplastics pollution, Changing Markets ...

Donghua is a multi-disciplinary university based in Shanghai, China (Mainland), with a focus on textile innovation and research. Shein partnered with Donghua University as part of its commitment to ...

Clothing made from recycled polyester releases over 50% more microplastic fibers during washing than virgin polyester, ...

Kipaş Textiles is stepping into the textile-to-textile recycling space with fibR-e, a new recycling platform that addresses ...

Nike signed a multiyear offtake agreement with Loop Industries, becoming the anchor customer for Loop’s 70,000-ton India ...

Recycled polyester has been promoted as fashion’s environmental redemption arc. Turning plastic bottles into clothing ...

But new laboratory research, published today by the non-profit Changing Markets Foundation, found that recycled polyester ...

Today we make more clothing than ever before. And the driver for this is primarily economic, rather than human need. Over the past decade, the term “circular economy” has entered the fashion industry ...

A new joint initiative is aiming to spur a shift in the market towards the uptake of recycled polyester (rPET) and the associated reduction in greenhouse gases (GHGs) by 2025. The 2025 Recycled ...

Tire manufacturer Toyo Tire & Rubber is now using Eco Circle tire cord made from recycled polyester and manufactured by Teijin Fibers Ltd., Tokyo. Tires using the recycled polyester cord are being ...

Bottle bales and PET flake prices kept downward this week. Cleaning plants and recycled polyester fiber plants mainly purchased on need-to-basis ...