Polyester was once thought to be a wonder fiber. Both durable and efficient, with no need for farmland or vast amounts of water, it threatened to leave natural fibers like cotton in the dust. It turns ...

When people talk about the fabric of life, they most often mean it metaphorically. But many of the most basic materials humans touch and use everyday are made from fabrics. From bed sheets, clothing, ...

Radici InNova's patented process uses selective dissolution technology to treat mixed textile waste and recover both its ...

A new study tracked the ability of natural, synthetic, and blended fabrics to biodegrade directly in the ocean. Plastic pollution is seemingly omnipresent in society, and while plastic bags, cups, and ...

European technology provider says its Intarema FibrePro:IV is for recycling applications in the PET fiber textiles sector. Erema says recycled-content PET (rPET) produced by its new system “can be ...

(Nanowerk Spotlight) The integration of electronics into clothing promises to transform how we interact with technology, but the fundamental materials have consistently fallen short. Attempts to weave ...

New Jersey Fibershed is an affiliate of a global movement that supports creating more sustainable clothing and fabrics from ...

The findings identify photoaging as a key mechanism converting everyday fabrics into marine microplastics, deepening our understanding of microfiber formation and its ecological risks. Microplastics ...

Image caption: Cage design used for the seafloor experiment that took place off the Ellen Browning Scripps Memorial Pier at Scripps Institution of Oceanography in 2019. Plastic pollution is seemingly ...