From plastic bottles to performance wear Every year, billions of plastic bottles are diverted from landfills and oceans to become the fleece jacket you reach for on a crisp morning or the leggings that carry you through a workout. Recycled polyester, often labelled as rPET, has become the poster child of sustainable fashion—a material that promises to close the loop on plastic waste while delivering the same technical performance as its virgin counterpart. The appeal is unden

The common belief If you're trying to shop more sustainably, you've probably heard the advice: choose natural fibres over synthetic ones. Cotton good, polyester bad. It's a simple rule, and it feels intuitively right. Natural materials come from plants and animals, they've been used for thousands of years, and they'll break down when you're done with them. Synthetics, on the other hand, are made from petroleum, they shed microplastics, and they'll sit in a landfill for centur