Alpek Polyester USA LLC, a Reading, Pennsylvania-based polyethylene terephthalate (PET) recycler and business unit of Mexican firm Alpek S.A.B. de C.V., will close March 15, according to a recent ...

Nafeesah Attah is a self-proclaimed "OG fast fashion shopper." Attah, a lawyer and social media influencer, would typically go after the best deal, not paying much attention to the quality. But her ...

MUHLENBERG TWP., Pa.- A manufacturer that makes polyester materials intends to close its recycling facility in Berks County. According to a WARN (Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification) Act ...

We’ve all heard the myth that swallowed gum stays in your body for seven years. While that’s not true, it’s still generally not great to swallow it, since our digestive system can’t break it down. But ...

Nike clothing is the most polluting of five brands tested, Changing Markets Foundation determined in its “Spinning Greenwash” report on how the fashion industry’s shift to recycled polyester is ...

Recycled polyester, widely promoted by global fashion brands as an environmentally friendly choice, may be worsening the microplastic pollution crisis, according to a new study released Wednesday. The ...

Changing Markets Foundation reveals recycled polyester creates 55 per cent more microplastic pollution. Recycled polyester is a sustainability fig leaf covering fashion’s deepening dependence on ...

Textile-to-textile recycled polyester is having a moment. In November, Swedish recycler Syre announced it will become Nike’s lead strategic supplier of textile-to-textile recycled polyester in a multi ...

Hard water causes polyester to shed far more microplastics, and only some fabrics benefit strongly from protective coatings, revealing why water chemistry and unseen textile finishes significantly ...

Two Bay Shore sisters face gang assault charges after Suffolk County police said they stabbed a 21-year-old man in Mastic on Saturday night. Around 10:20 p.m., the man, whom police did not identify, ...

The family of a 21-year-old Mastic man told News 12 that he is in a medically induced coma after being stabbed while trying to defend his younger sister during an altercation outside their Mastic home ...

Some 250 people packed Brookhaven Town Hall Thursday evening where a public hearing for an ambitious plan to redevelop about 40 acres in Mastic Beach drew mostly support. The $500 million Neighborhood ...