Move quickly and make small changes: how to reduce the impact of your polyester clothes

From washing-machine filters to blotting stains, a few simple steps can reduce the environmental impact of caring for the garmentsWhen I told a friend I was writing about the most environmentally friendly way to care for polyester, he joked: "Put it in the bin." Since polyester is a plastic that won't biodegrade in landfill, he's definitely wrong. But his joke reflects a growing concern that polyester clothing is an environmental hazard.To start with, virgin polyester is derived from fossil fuels, and as the technology stands, recycled polyester is more accurately downcycled plastic. The process takes bottles out of a closed loop system and degrades them so they can't be recycled again. Continue reading...