Recycled polyester, widely promoted by global fashion brands as an environmentally friendly choice, may be worsening the microplastic pollution crisis, according to a new study released Wednesday. The ...

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Changing Markets Foundation reveals recycled polyester creates 55 per cent more microplastic pollution. Recycled polyester is a sustainability fig leaf covering fashion’s deepening dependence on ...

Textile-to-textile recycled polyester is having a moment. In November, Swedish recycler Syre announced it will become Nike’s lead strategic supplier of textile-to-textile recycled polyester in a multi ...

People have been using flat, ribbonlike materials, such as reed strips, to make woven baskets for thousands of years. This weaving method has reemerged as a technique for engineers to create textile ...

A woman has been filmed cutting yellow ribbons tied to a gate in London, put up in commemoration of Israeli hostages. When confronted by two bystanders near the gate in Muswell Hill, north London, the ...

Two plastic rectangular boxes, one woven and one a continuous sheet. Center, Axial buckling: Hands crush each box, compressing it inward. Center, Torsional buckling: Hands twist each box. Right, After ...