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Rethinking recycled polyester in fashion is essential because it may just be a marketing stunt. Instead of re-entry into the textile supply chain, a long-term storage solution through resynthesis is needed. Shopping for garments made of eco-friendly alternatives like MMCF (Man-Made Cellulosic Fibers) from wood pulp waste instead of oil-derived synthetic fibers, such as rayon, modal, or lyocell, can make a real difference. Be sure to purchase them with ‘green-rated’ garment labels for supply chain traceability and to support sustainable practices. Your move in creating an impact begins here! #SustainableTextiles #EcoFriendly #Recycling #MMCF #ConsciousConsumerism

It's shocking to see how many supposed champions of "sustainable fashion" are celebrating the tiny achievements of polyester recycling. You may as well be celebrating the recycling of lubricants or polystyrene. Polyester, like all fossil-derived plastics is toxic. It produces microplastics and leachates. Recycling pretends to give polyester a free pass. rPES (whether from bottles or not) is more toxic than virgin. There are 9 planetary boundaries - polyester and its dubious recycled cousin fail to address all nine quite frankly. So please stop celebrating polyester recycling. It's of zero help if you want to save our environment. When you demonise Single-Use bottles then celebrate polyester recycling, you need to take a long hard look in the mirror of ignorance and hypocrisy. Look at the photo. That's what you are crowing about.

Do you send your clothes to take-back recycling ♻️🗑️ bins in malls and *hope* they get sorted and recycled into new clothes as promised by your favourite fashion brands? You might be guilty 🙇🏻♀️ of #wishcycling - the practice of putting something in the recycling bin and hoping it will be recycled, even if there is little evidence to confirm this. Many of us 👫👫👫 don’t actually see what happens to the waste we discard. Some may assume that recycling is a simple process and that the clothes they donate for recycling are always given a second life. We are sad 🙍🏻♀️ to report that that’s not quite true! There are various recycling methods, some with less environmental impact than others, but definitely not as straightforward as we think. Whether clothes do get recycled depends on many factors, and most times what you put in the recycling bin unfortunately ends up straight into landfill 😮 (horrible, we know!) We’ve put together this simple guide to help you understand textile recycling better and to recycle better. Tell us in the comments if you have fallen for recycling gimmicks by fashion brands. #greenwashing #fastfashion #textilerecycling

All of TRIARCHY's denim uses only certified recycled cotton, organic cotton and brand-exclusive natural rubber for stretch materials. As a first in the eco-friendly denim industry, their stretch jeans have eliminated microplastics and reduced the average biodegradation time in less than two years, changing the 200-year industry standard for jeans made of plastic. For fabrics, they use the most advanced washing processes and require the use of harmless chemicals and minimal water. After washing their jeans with 1 cup of water, the effect is the same as other jeans washed with 80 litres of water. Buttons made of metal are also recycled, and recycled cotton is used to make labels. After a third-party audit for information transparency. Finally, to offset the carbon emissions in production, they continue to plant trees every year and make each Triarchy pants carbon neutral. #Triarchy #PlasticFree

Decreasing the use of non-Biodegradable fibers in clothing, must be a goal for both apparel producers and consumers alike. As clothing is washed, inescapably, microfibers are released into the rinse water. These fibers are not filtered out as they move into the rivers and oceans of the world. In liquid suspension, they are consumed by marine life, subsequently move up within the food chain, and end up in the human bloodstream. Natural fibers that biodegrade, such as Cotton, breakdown before this can occur. I see microplastics in the waters of the world, as a significant existential threat, equivalent to how the use of DDT threatened the global avian population in the 1960's.

Ready to give your old denim a new life? Start with cotton. Did you know that denim recycling begins with cotton? Check the labels of your old, worn denim – if it's made from at least 90% cotton, you can recycle it and transform it into something new through Cotton Incorporated’s Blue Jeans Go Green™ program. Whether it's turning old jeans into insulation for homes or creating new denim products like pet beds inserts or thermal food packaging, your recycled denim can make a real difference. Plus, it's a great way to reduce textile waste and contribute to a more sustainable future. Learn more about how you can recycle your worn denim: https://lnkd.in/gGPFGu6 #denimrecycling #sustainability #BlueJeansGoGreen #cotton #CottonIncorporated #denim

Did you know that synthetic apparel causes more than 10 times more plastic leakage than cotton garments across the garment life cycle? The predicted increases in synthetic fiber production and usage will drastically worsen plastic pollution. As a significant source of plastic leakage into our oceans, waterways, and soil, the apparel industry has a critical role to play in reducing plastic leakage. Ultimately, the apparel industry needs to ramp up its efforts towards true circularity and prioritize the use of natural fibers like #cotton to transition to natural and renewable materials and limit plastic pollution. Learn more about our global first study and our recommendations here: https://lnkd.in/eAE8QXmf #PlasticLeakage #PlasticPollution #Sustainability #TextileWaste #CombatPlasticLeakage #PlasticFreeJuly #didyouknow #cotton #apparelindustry Jesse Daystar, Ph.D., Steven Pires, Jon Devine North Carolina State University, UC Santa Barbara, Richard Venditti, Roland Geyer

Synthetic apparel causes more than 10 times more plastic leakage than cotton garments across the garment life cycle, and predicted increases in synthetic fiber production and usage will drastically worsen plastic pollution. As a significant source of plastic leakage into our oceans, waterways, and soil, the apparel industry has a critical role to play in reducing plastic leakage. Ultimately, the apparel industry needs to ramp up its efforts towards true circularity and prioritize the use of natural fibers like #cotton to transition to natural and renewable materials and limit plastic pollution. Learn more about our global first study and our recommendations here: https://lnkd.in/eAE8QXmf #PlasticLeakage #PlasticPollution #Sustainability #TextileWaste #CombatPlasticLeakage #PlasticFreeJuly Jesse Daystar, Ph.D., Steven Pires, Jon Devine North Carolina State University, UC Santa Barbara, Richard Venditti, Roland Geyer

Up to 100 billion garments are produced by the fashion industry every year. And each year, as much as 92 million tons of clothing ends up in landfills. From overproduction and deadstock to consumer discards, textile waste is something we want and need to do something about. Through our Cotton Lives On™ recycling programme, we’ve been diverting tired cottons from landfill since June 2022. The Cotton Lives On™ programme is set up to extend the life of cotton in a way that helps both people AND the planet. Thanks to cotton's inherent #circularity, outlived and outloved cottons are diverted from landfill and transformed into something new. Like the creation of a roll mat made from old cotton clothes and home textiles for people experiencing homelessness. We feel privileged to work with organisations like #Shelter and #SingleHomelessProject who offer the roll mats from the Cotton Lives On™ programme to those in need. Working with fashion and textile brands, we #recycle old cotton clothes from customer take-backs and offcuts from production facilities. So if you think about recycling today, #GlobalRecyclingDay… think about how cotton can be easily recycled because it’s a #natural fibre. Dig out your dingy whites, Unearth your too-tired denim Take a quick peek at the label to make sure it’s #cotton. And make a difference by recycling them through the Cotton Lives On™ programme. Learn more about our program at https://cottonliveson.org/ Be sure to repost to pass the cotton on. Source: https://lnkd.in/dkkJwpKc

The apparel industry generated an estimated 8.3 million tons of plastic pollution in 2019! Nature.com recently carried out a study regarding a comprehensive assessment of the global apparel industry’s contribution to plastic pollution. “It includes plastic leakage of packaging and end-of-life apparel waste in addition to fiber emissions during apparel production and use", the article states. A timely reminder that we in the apparel manufacturing industry can play a huge part in minimising the impact on environment through taking certain steps such as: - Adopting circular economy principles - Zero-waste pattern making - Upcycling and recycling - Using sustainable materials - On-demand production Read their full article here → https://lnkd.in/eAUWXy7i #apparelindustry #texiles #sustainability #plasticpollution #article