Once upon a time, in the 1970"s, polyester was the king of cool fabrics, worn by everyone for every occasion. Soon, however, this synthetic material"s popularity went the way of Disco music and the ...

Fizzy water was the key to making polyester dye less harmful to the environment in the creation of a new method developed by an interdisciplinary team at the University of Leeds spin-out company, ...

You may own a fleece top or two made from plastic soda bottles. Recycled polyester, or polyethylene terephthalate, known in the industry as PET or just “chip,” is old hat. The US fleece specialist ...

Polyester became the clothing industry's favorite way to fatten margins. Shoppers now pay premium sums for the same cheap fiber filling discount racks ...