Researchers found a bacterial enzyme that degrades polyester bioplastic and cleaves penicillin, hinting at faster microbial adaptation to plastic.
Use BBC.com or the new BBC App to listen to BBC podcasts, Radio 4 and the World Service outside the UK.
REI is selling the Patagonia weather-resistant jacket for 55% off, taking this once $349 jacket and making it far more ...
A 100 percent wool hand-wash-only snap-button fleece.
The process uses a supercritical carbon dioxide treatment.
Experts break down which fibers can handle high traffic—and which feel most luxurious.
Colored polyester is difficult to recycle because the dyes are hard to remove without using large quantities of chemicals, ...
Polyester, used in everyday clothing, has become a major subject of controversy, primarily on social media, due to concerns ...
The enzyme, discovered by researchers at the University of Konstanz in Germany, breaks down certain biodegradable plastics ...
Authored by researchers at the University of Fukui, Japan, the study claims that the use of supercritical carbon dioxide can ...
Polyester became the clothing industry's favorite way to fatten margins. Shoppers now pay premium sums for the same cheap fiber filling discount racks ...