Demand for sustainable activewear is soaring but without technological improvement marketing appeal will outstrip environmental benefit A colleague was standing in front of me holding a swatch of ...

A MycoTEX compostable seamless top, made of mushroom mycelium, is shown on the catwalk at the NEFFA fashion show at Avantex, Paris: Credit: NEFFA ROME, Oct 14 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - From using ...

You may own a fleece top or two made from plastic soda bottles. Recycled polyester, or polyethylene terephthalate, known in the industry as PET or just “chip,” is old hat. The US fleece specialist ...

Polyester fibers are crafted through a process called polymerization. Polymerization transforms recycled plastic bottles into new polyester fabric by breaking them down into smaller molecules, then ...

Fleece is the fabric of cold days and colder nights. Associated with outdoor wear, this fabric is a soft, fluffy material that is most often made from polyester. Mittens, hats, and scarves are made ...

ROME (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - From using custom-made, biodegradable fabrics and 'living' clothes that photosynthesize to polyester created from planet-warming carbon dioxide, European start-ups ...