A young woman has slammed stores for charging high prices for products primarily made of polyester. TikTok user Amber Sabri (@missambersabri) - the daughter of parents who work in the fashion industry ...
A woman has gone viral after warning viewers about the dangers of polyester. At the time of writing, Ryan-Alexandra (@ryanalexandrapetit) has amassed 1.6 million views on her cautionary TikTok. She ...
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Image of heaps of apparel and other waste via Getty Images Polyester is a widely-used clothing fibre in the clothing industry because of its longevity, and accounts for 60% clothes that are worn, ...
EL PASO, Texas (KFOX14/CBS4) — Polyester, a common synthetic fiber, may have implications for dermal health, experts suggest. While not all polyester is the same, it can trap heat and moisture, ...
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 ...
A new bill in the California State Assembly would require that all clothing made from fabric that is primarily polyester bear a label warning that the garment sheds plastic microfibres when washed.
The new technique can help break mixed-fiber clothing back down into feedstock for future textiles. Less than 1% of clothing is recycled, and most of the rest ends up dumped in a landfill or burned. A ...
TikTok user Marissa Christine (@marissachristineee) is the mother of a toddler who says she recently learned more about the fabric polyester. “I unfortunately now know about polyester, and you can’t ...