The Seattle startup says its purification process can remove elastane and dyes while preserving the polyester polymer.

Even if you're not wearing polyester now, it's probably sitting somewhere in your closet — after all, it is the most ubiquitous fabric for textiles on Earth. Is that bad? Judging by social media, the ...

Many standard pairs use polyester or spandex, or sometimes both. What are they doing to the environment and their bodies, wearing clothes that shed all of those microplastics and leach forever ...

Fibr analyzed 139,042 online listings, revealing sharp brand disparities and the limits of fiber-based rankings.

Gen Z users on TikTok have transformed “polyester” from a common fabric into a viral insult used to describe things that seem ...

Due to its ubiquity in fast fashion, gen Z are pushing back against the synthetic material and using it as an insult ...

Polyester is one of the biggest sustainability challenges in the textile industry. It does not disintegrate, and while it's in nearly 60% of clothing, only 1% of textile waste is recycled into new ...

Polyester resins encompass a broad category of thermoset polymers characterized by ester functional groups in their structural backbone. These synthetic materials play a crucial role in various ...

Polyester is the refined sugar of our wardrobes: It’s cheap, has an iffy reputation and is in almost everything, from stretchy leggings to $4,000 jackets. An estimated 34 million tons of it went into ...

WASHINGTON, April 03, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Global Polyester Fiber Market is valued at USD 90.6 Billion in 2022 and is projected to reach a value of USD 150.3 Billion by 2030 at a CAGR (Compound ...

A visit to one of Unifi’s last remaining US polyester plants, in Yadkinville, North Carolina, can make you feel like an optimist. After driving through a sweet little neighborhood of small homes, you ...