Ottawa, Jan. 19, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The global polyester fiber market size was estimated at USD 135.10 billion in 2025 and is expected to increase from USD 145.03 billion in 2026 to USD 274.58 ...

Plastic is everywhere—woven into our clothes, wrapped around our food, even stuffed into our pillows. While most of us already know about microplastics in oceans and single-use bottles, there’s one ...

Project Re:claim, which is turning polyester-rich textile waste into new yarn, is now backed by Global Recycled Standard ...

A consortium of seven companies headquartered across five countries has established a supply chain for more sustainable polyester fiber. Instead of fossil fuel materials, renewable and biobased ...

Clermont-Ferrand, France — Michelin Group and French biochemicals company Carbios SA are showing advanced tire sustainability by using polyester fibers from PET waste. Michelin said it had ...

Polyester fibers from South Korea and Taiwan will remain under orders aimed at protecting American textile-producing companies, the nation’s top trade court ruled Tuesday. As a result of the USITC’s ...

With athleisure on the rise, polyester has reached new heights in world fiber consumption. Speaking at a Texworld USA seminar in New York City on recycled polyester earlier this month, Chad Bolick, ...

These are topsy-turvy times for the nascent textile recycling industry. The clothing behemoth H&M Group has cofounded a textile recycling firm that promises to become a huge global producer just as ...

Polyester is the refined sugar of our wardrobes: It’s cheap, has an iffy reputation and is in almost everything, from stretchy leggings to $4,000 jackets. An estimated 34 million tons of it went into ...

Empire Investment Holdings announced today that its affiliate EIH Acquisitions, LLC has completed the acquisition of Polyester Fibers, LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Leggett & Platt, Incorporated ( ...

CLERMONT-FERRAND, France—Michelin and French biochemicals company Carbios S.A. have advanced tire sustainability efforts with the development of polyester tire fibers from polyethylene terephthalate ...