Spandex's Recycling Problem Has a New Fix; an All-polyethene Stretch Yarn From MIT
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Spandex's Recycling Problem Has a New Fix; an All-polyethene Stretch Yarn From MIT
A newly developed yarn out of MIT could chip away at one of activewear’s most stubborn sustainability problems: fabrics that stretch well but can’t be recycled. Detailed in a July 25 study published in ACS Materials Letters, the yarn is made entirely from polyethene rather than the spandex-polyester or spandex-nylon blends that dominate stretch fabrics […] The post Spandex’s Recycling Problem Has a New Fix; an All-polyethene Stretch Yarn From MI…
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