According to Textile Exchange, 99% of recycled polyester is made from plastic bottles, or PET, putting the fashion industry in competition with the drinks bottle industry, where (in theory) the ...

The pants are made from a combination of polyester yarn spun from the recycled bottles (14.5 bottles in each pair of pants, to be exact), coffee yarn, and spandex.

Nike’s bottles-to-T-shirts operation is fairly straightforward. Recycled polyester comes from a Taiwanese supplier that cuts up, melts, and spins plastic bottles into a yarn for the shirts.

The pants are made from a combination of polyester yarn spun from the recycled plastic bottles (14.5 bottles in each, to be exact), coffee, and spandex.

So many brands are creating lines of clothes made from recycled plastic water bottles. How sustainable are they really?

What is recycled polyester, you ask? This high-achiever material keeps you warm and stylish and gives those tossed plastic bottles a second life.

To make this material, PET bottles were collected in northern Italy. These bottles were then melted and spun into threads while the threads were woven into recycled polyester fabric. In fact ...

Unifi Inc., a recycled and synthetic yarns company based in Greensboro, North Carolina, has announced that Walmart has purchased the equivalent of 1 billion postconsumer plastic bottles worth of ...

The European company Reju may have developed the polyester recycling technology the textile industry needs. The question is whether the world is ready for it.

Polartec LLC, Lawrence, Massachusetts, says it has recycled its billionth PET (polyethylene terephthalate) bottle. The Oeko-Tex 100 - and Bluesign® AG - certified company says it has been a longtime ...

Companies like Girlfriend Collective advertise leggings made out of recycled material like plastic water bottles. Here's exactly how it happens.

MIAMI-- Tennis apparel brand, J-Game, is making its clothing using recycled water bottles. The company uses between 75 and 100 percent recycled fabric. "I don't use single-use plastic water ...