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‘Plastic-eating’ enzymes to tackle polyester clothing waste

A new study from the University of Portsmouth aims to stop the damage polyester textiles do to the environment.

1 year ago

Arcade Belt Company switches to Repreve recycled polyester

Arcade, the belt manufacturer, announced that all of its belts will now be made from REPREVE®, a post-consumer, certified recycled…

2 years ago

Unifi transforming more than 25 billion plastic bottles into recycled fiber—Repreve

Our recent interaction with Mr. James Cooper, Sustainability Manager at Unifi, Inc., reveals insights into the company’s recycled performance fiber…

2 years ago

Marchi & Fildi Group launches metalloplastic yarns made from 100% post-consumer recycled polyester

The MFT division of the Marchi & Fildi Group has added 100% recycled polyester yarns made from post-consumer material to…

2 years ago

Carbios makes clear plastic bottles from recycled textile waste

Carbios has announced the launch of the first bottles composing 100% recycled Purified Terephthalic Acid (rPTA) from textile waste that…

3 years ago

How is recycled nylon different from virgin nylon?

Recycled nylon is made from pre-consumer waste like discards from weaving mills which would have been upcycled or sent to…

4 years ago

How is recycled polyester made?

Recycled polyester can be produced using two methods of recycling mechanical and chemical. Manufacturing using mechanical recycling begins with lots…

4 years ago

Why recycled polyester?

Do you know five bottles of soda are enough to create one extra-large T-shirt. Producing and using recycled polyester instead…

4 years ago

Challanges faced by recycled polyester

Stemming from stories about the effect of plastic pollution on animals to microplastics in the Marianas Trench, awareness is growing…

5 years ago

Polyplex and TPL have presented a bioriented polyester films containing 70 percent post-consumer recyclate

Chemical Recycling Enables Production of Polyester Film Containing 70% Post-Consumer Recyclate. The development of these films was made possible thanks…

5 years ago