The garment was created from textile waste supplied by the consortium to CARBIOS’ biorecycling plant in Clermont-Ferrand, ...

Polyester is a plastic-based, synthetic fiber that's known for its affordability and (relative) durability. It may not be the ...

Fibres in wet wipes and clothes often make their way into soil - and natural versions could be more damaging than synthetic ...

New research has shown that bio-based fibres caused higher mortality, and reduced growth and reproductivity, among earthworms ...

Accelerating Circularity's update on its polyester-based textile recycling trials calls for a systems-wide shift to make ...

Performance materials company Teijin Frontier has created a new insulation fiber as an alternative to natural feather fill.

Accelerating Circularity unveils the current sticking points for sorting, pre-processing and recycling polyester textiles.

A 12-year-old Victorian boy suffered serious burns and required eight surgeries when his polyester jumper caught fire just ...

Looking into the future of production, some Bangladesh companies are now recycling plastic bottles into polyester staple ...

Bio-based materials may pose a greater health risk to some of the planet's most important species than the conventional ...

One of them is SOLOTEX™ OCTAIR™, an insulation material that incorporates polytrimethylene terephthalate (PTT) fibers along ...