Reasons to be Cheerful reports on new methods that are turning mountains of old clothes into rack-ready garments amid growing ...

It’s technically a polymer: a substance made of large molecules, which are themselves made up of smaller chemical units called monomers. Examples of polymers include proteins, cellulose ...

Biodegradable materials, including polymers, degrade naturally, reducing pollution and offering eco-friendly solutions for ...

According to Avantium, the process involves treating polycotton waste with highly concentrated hydrochloric acid and fully hydrolysing the cotton cellulose into glucose ... produced can be further ...

Those polyester monomers end up back in the supply chain, replacing virgin materials made from crude oil. Circ also recycles cellulose for use in fabrics like rayon, viscose and modal that ...

GAG mimetics were synthesized from cellulose (pSC), starch (SS), and chitin (ChS). pSC has beta-glycosidic linkages, SS has alpha-glycosidic linkages, and ChS has beta-glycosidic linkages and monomers ...

Companies have developed advances in textile recycling, including Goodwill, Reju, Syre and others, to strengthen circularity in the industry.

Okano, “Transfection efficiency increases by incorporating hydrophobic monomer units into polymeric gene carriers ... Heinze, “Swelling and dissolution of cellulose, Part V: Cellulose derivatives ...