As I was standing there, nice and toasty, I realized every single item of clothing I was wearing was made of synthetic fibers. That moment was a revelation, a total one-eighty from my previous ...

“My father pioneered the use of synthetic fibers for apparel because those fibers provide more flexibility and higher durability, and we’re still working to ensure our entire portfolio is as ...

The difference between these and synthetic fabrics is that the natural resource used to make the polymers in the fibers comes from wood pulp found in trees or bamboo. Unlike petroleum, trees and ...

As your clothes and linens churn in the washing machine and tumble around in the dryer, they often shed tiny fibers — many of which are small bits of plastic from synthetic fabrics such as ...

Sorting and detangling blended textiles is costly and time-consuming. Accidentally allowing too much of a synthetic fiber such as spandex into the recycling stream can cause the whole process to ...