Plastics are fantastic materials. Molded into any shape, colour and texture, about 60% of the fabrics we wear are plastics, according to the UN Environment Programme. We have covered nearly every ...

But what’s the environmental cost of the prevalence of this plastic-based fabric and other inexpensive fabrics often used by fast fashion brands? The RealReal used data from Textile Exchange to ...

Upcycled Medical uses threads such as SEAQUAL YARN in the fabrics that it produces for the medical sector, one. Almost 14 million tons of plastic waste is created by this sector alone each year.