It can also be made from old plastic bottles , allowing companies to essentially turn garbage into clothing. Its biggest drawback is that it requires a lot of energy, which means burning fuel for power and contributing to climate change.
But to put that in perspective, Linda Greer, director of the health program at the Natural Resources Defense Council, says you actually release more carbon dioxide burning a gallon of gas than producing a polyester shirt. In theory, cotton is biodegradable and polyester is not. But the thing is, the way we dispose of clothing makes that irrelevant.
But as our galloping appetite for cheap clothes outruns our ability to grow cotton, polyester allows us to continue with business as usual, at least for as long as we have oil to make it from. By providing your email, you agree to the Quartz Privacy Policy. Skip to navigation Skip to content. Discover Membership. Editions Quartz. More from Quartz About Quartz. Follow Quartz. Much of it made from polyester fabric. Fashion thankfully has changed a bit since then, and so have plastic fabrics.
Instead of the somewhat coarse fabric of many leisure suits of that era, polyester fabric today is generally soft and smooth, whether used in fine apparel or active wear.
First, some history of plastic. Polyester plastic was discovered in a DuPont lab in the late s, but scientist W. Caruthers set it aside to work on his newly discovered nylon. DuPont purchased the legal rights in and created another polyester fiber: the now familiar Dacron. Eastman Chemical created another polyester fiber in called Kodel.
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