Nature sustainability - high-performance textiles from plastics

Nature sustainability - high-performance textiles from plastics


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HIGH-PERFORMANCE TEXTILES FROM PLASTICS As a major polluter, the fashion industry would benefit from the development of sustainable textiles. Boriskina and colleagues engineer plastic waste


into wearable fabrics with combined low environmental impact and advanced functionalities such as moisture wicking, stain resistance and recyclability. See Alberghini et al. Image: Felice


Frankel(textile background) and IevgeniiaPidgorna / Alamy Stock Photo (foreground bottle). Cover Design:Valentina Monaco.