In this video, discover how millions of waste plastic bottles are recycled into polyester fiber in a state-of-the-art factory. Watch the entire recycling process as discarded plastic bottles are ...

Ghana has commenced an initiative to convert used plastic bottles (polyethylene terephthalate – PET) into polyester yarn for clothing production. The project forms part of a broader circular economy ...

polyester is a type of plastic made from fossil fuels. It’s the same plastic—polyethylene terephthalate, or PET—found in plastic water bottles that have the number 1 in the chasing arrow on ...

Both the polyester blanket and polyester flight kit proudly claim they are made of fabric spun from recycled plastic bottles. Only a half hour outside downtown Frankfurt at a drab industrial park ...

For many people, "plastic pollution" calls to mind pictures of turtles and other marine life drowning in single-use plastic ...

A typical closet is loaded with plastic, woven into polyester activewear, acrylic sweaters, nylon swimsuits and stretchy socks — and it’s shedding into the environment nonstop. When garments ...

Polyester plastics are large molecules with repeating units, which are linked together with chemical bonds. After a short period of time, the chemical bonds within the plastic broke apart.

Clear plastic water bottles made of polyethylene tetraphthalate (PET), a polyester, were designed in the 1980s to be recycled this way. But the volume of polyester plastics is minuscule compared to ...

Polyester is one of the most popular fabrics in the world. Made from PET plastic, it is prized for its durability, lightness, and low cost of production. While these characteristics make it ideal ...

As part of the climate showcase, the players wore special shooting shirts made of recycled polyester: plastic bottles which are cleaned, shredded into flakes, converted into pellets, and then spun ...

Researchers studying bottlenose dolphins found polyester and other plastics in every animal they tested. By Hiroko Tabuchi Scientists have found plastic pollution almost everywhere they have looked.