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Most of this waste comes from clothes made of artificial materials like polyester, spandex, and nylon, which are difficult to recycle and shed harmful microplastics into the environment.

That bag uses synthetic insulation and is completely made of recyclable polyester materials. Endless Promise recyclable down ...

Normally, polyester is made from petroleum ... Adidas is also developing a 100% recyclable shoe called the Futurecraft Loop. This shoe is made to be remade. Because it can be returned and broken ...

MINI is making advances that it hopes will allow it to offer fully recycled and recyclable interiors ... claims is made from 90 per cent recycled polyester – for the dashboard, door panels ...

Los Angeles–based Ambercycle, the textile-to-textile recycling company and maker of cycora regenerated polyester, opened the ...