Cotton is the most used natural fiber in the world, with 26,172,678 tons of cotton produced annually. It’s the second most used fabric for apparel and footwear, behind polyester.

Recycling: Researchers separate cotton from polyester in blended fabric. ScienceDaily . Retrieved June 2, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2023 / 03 / 230320143826.htm ...

In a new study, North Carolina State University researchers found they could separate blended cotton and polyester fabric using enzymes – nature’s tools for speeding chemical reactions ...

Cotton, Linen, or Polyester: Here’s the Best Fabric for Staying Cool 15 May 2025 at 15:50 ...

Recimap project to recycle poly-cotton blended fabric. The Recimap project, spearheaded by the Bespoke Factory Group and funded by Valencian Agency for Innovation has been launched in Spain to recover ...

To explore this idea, the team took a few pungent species of bacteria and tried growing them in Petri dishes coated with seven different fabrics: polyester, acryl, nylon, fleece, viscose, cotton ...

Unlike some other natural materials–say, cotton, which is grown with both large amounts of water and pesticides–the banana plants, which are native to the Philippines, can grow without extra ...