It feels like everything that’s high quality—or otherwise good for us—is getting rarer and pricer. And organic fabrics are no ...

The partnership aims to bring fiber-grade polybutylene succinate (PBS) to commercial volumes using existing polyester ...

As the Textile Exchange 2025 Recycled Polyester and Cotton Challenge comes to a close, Changing Markets Foundation has a rather horrifying ribbon to wrap up the multi-stakeholder organization's joint ...

First, it was our gas stoves. Now washers and tumble dryers join the eco-menaces, spewing microplastics into our water and air. Is it time to rethink our laundry habits? (Spoiler alert: probably not).

Swedish-Swiss technology company ABB has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Swedish textile recycler Syre to explore automation, electrification and digital technologies for Syre’s first ...

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 ...

Washing your clothes made from synthetic fabrics like acrylic, nylon, and polyester causes them to shed hundreds of thousands of microplastic fibers. Now, new research shows that just wearing ...

A plan for a good workout can quickly turn sour if you find yourself picking soaked clothes off of your skin, constantly shimmying into leggings that have lost their stretch, or battling the ...

The fashion industry might not be the first that comes to mind as a superuser of fossil fuels. But modern textiles rely heavily on petrochemical products that come from many of the same oil and gas ...