And washing this clothing puts tons of microplastics into the water supply. There is literally no end to the ways we are being poisoned by petrochemicals
And then sell them on consignment or donate to a thrift store. And while you’re there, shop for “new to you” quality clothing. Our problem is we get bored of quality clothing before it wears out.
@@lostvisitor solar cells and wind turbines are amongst some of the worst polluters on the planet, wind turbines at sea drop 300kg of plastic based resins from their blades every 3-5 years (thats an average of 60 tons every 3-5 years in the north sea) and solar panels are horrendously polluting to make and even worse for recycling
when are we going to stop pretending we all don't know the only reason why polyester clothing is so popular is because it's cheaper for the manufacturer, while sometimes selling as expensive as cotton and linen, and the rest is marketing?
@@zeusvalentine3638 fair trade and ecologically friendly cotton isn't cheap, but it is cheaper from an impact viewpoint than just about any other material.
@@maciejwidacki1905 it’s better than killing the ecosystem with it. I’d rather be poisoned and in a world that will continue to thrive for millennia than be in immaculate health and a world that is entirely extinct
gotta remember the large scale micro plastic pollution from wind turbines aswell, an average wind turbine at sea loses 300kg of plastic based resin from its 3 blades over a 3-5 years period so in the north sea that equates to over 60 tons of micro plastics every 3-5 years being poured into the water from so called green tech which no one ever talks about
While the idea is innovating and I appreciate the hustle to reuse over waste, if large clothing brands, especially fast fashion brands, or any companies that work synthetic textiles are not forced to use recycled polyester there is no point. Like everyone else said in the comments, this is a band-aid solution addressing plastic waste. But we actually need to target the original source of the problem which is overusing plastic and being wasteful with it. ALSO I think most consumers still prefer wearing organic fabrics.
U r absolutely right. Its far better to find alternatives for plastic if one really wants to save life on earth . In India ( bharat ) agricultural waste from fields is used for making disposable cutlery and clothes . Frankly speaking all these i have seen only on RUclips only
Most consumers don't prefer wearing organic fabrics because they can't even tell what is an organic fabric in most cases. You're too optimistic to think that most men even read a label on their clothes. Most are too ignorant to check. It all starts with education but mahy would rather watch Tiktoks than learn.
@@UnamedUser849 All of synthetic fabrics are essentially plastics, often formulated with harmful chemical additives like phthalates and bisphenols can result in thyroid illness, hormonal imbalance, and neurological problems.
There's also the fact that more than 75% of recycled plastic is unusable because the melting of the plastics destroys a lot of those polymer chains, which is why it can only be recycled so many times.
It’s funny because if they wanted to do something it would actually be very easy. I’m into banning single use plastic production btw. But if we insist on keeping this insane model… it’s simple you just mandate them to produce plastics only that can be easily recycled. I guess the clear plastics etc. etc. u get the point. There’s certain plastics that recycle very effectively. Hello, mcfly… just them make all plastics like that! None of this phony green bottle crap etc. but they will never even get that far. Nobody cares. All anybody cares about is corporate profit margins
This statement is too broad to be of any use. There are hundreds of types of plastics, of which degradation mechanisms can hardly be compared. As for PET, the amount of chain incisions during melting and re-extrusion is actually quite low, if done carefully, decrease in molecular weight is under 5%. For plastics like PET, these broken chains can also be 'repaired' fairly easy and economically using a process called Solid State Polymerization. The amount of times one can recycle PET is not limited by the "destroyed polymer chains", but mainly limited by contamination and discoloration, which is nearly impossible to remove during regular mechanical recycling.
Microplastics galore! Credit where credit is due, kudos to this team who figured out how to turn plastic waste into textile fibres but main issue is that plastic production is still increasing year by year and recycling it is a joke
I can appreciate the effort that went into building this facility, but they are certainly not the ones to start making fibers from waste PET 😂it's been done since the 70s
alot of people hate on this but the science and work put in to making this allows us to re use plastics. people can hate on it but he is actually doing something for society.
I think it's a better than nothing action to recycle plastic bottles (maybe, in theory), but it seems to me like the truth is that even this use of plastic, which involves recycling, has negative effects since microplastics will still be spread from it, which are bad for human health. :/ Overall, I believe it would be a healthier/ideal choice to purchase cotton and hemp -- truly natural stuff, because it's better for the body. :) I also think that recycling polyester may falsely portray the idea that it's not so negatively consequential to use plastic because we can just re-use it, when in reality that's not a healthy option -- it sort of enables/supports the continuation of using plastic in this. I can totally see that it is true -- this practice allows plastics to be re-used -- but I don't think I would prefer, personally, to use reused plastics since it still carries microplastics, which aren't good for the body. :)
Most people with negative comments don't realize they have been buying and wearing these clothes for years. Check the tags. If you buying anything besides 100% cotton you are buying plastic!
This is a fascinating process. But I've been seeing a lot of companies "green washing" and replacing cotton clothes with clothes made from recycled plastic. It's really annoying when you prefer cotton and dont want to pay luxury prices for something that used to be affordable.
Sustainable natural fiber fabrics were never affordable. If you got it for cheap then corners were cut somewhere. Cheap cotton is full of toxic chemicals and use cheap labor. Truth is people want to complain about sustainability but don't want to pay the cost for it.
The people complaining in the comments are missing the point. Even if you don't like polyester because of microplastics, this company is still prolonging the life of single use plastic by reusing it and giving it a few more years before it ends up in a landfill somewhere. Yes it is not perfect but it still makes a big difference. The idea that we are all going to suddenly stop using single use plastic is delusional it is everywhere. That is going to take another 20-50 years minimum. In the meantime it should be recycled.
I think you are also among the ones missing the point. When PET bottles are recycled (more like downcycled) into fibers, they almost 100% end up in garments with no end-of-life options. As soon as the fibers are dyed/mixed/woven, they cannot be meaningfully recycled again. If those same shredded bottles were used to make new bottles, you end up with a product that can be nearly perfectly be recycled again into yet another new bottle. Of course some degradation is inherent, thus after 8-11 cycles, the fun ends there as well, but 8-11 almost perfect recycling loops is a whole lot better than 1 recycle loop as is the case with bottle-to-fiber.
Being an Indian, my family never liked synthetic clothes. We have very few of them. We go for cottons , khadi , silk or linen. Even now cotton , khadi and silk has its own glory in india and people are coming back to it.
Same in my family. Seeing how many Indian companies are now putting literal waste plastic into clothes, I'm glad more and more people are returning to pure cotton. But there's still lots and lots of ignorant people who are using plastic and even wearing it now And half these clothes are being made for big brands. So likely lots of clueless consumers in the West, Japan and Korea are also wearing plastic, and increasingly Africa too. Sometimes I think the Arabs got lucky. Due to the amount of sanctions, they're basically forced to use and wear and eat only what is locally produced from traditional materials. That's going to save them in the long run
@@luxinvictus9018 It's not the fault of Indian companies. They are actually doing good by increasing the life span of those plastics which were going to harm us sooner.
We don’t need to recycle. We need to stop using the massive amount of disposable plastic that we do. Corporations telling us how we can buy their products and reduce our carbon footprint is absolutely absurd. It’s not OUR responsibility to change THEIR business practices!
You know what horrified me? Half these videos I see about people making 'sustainable' things from waste plastic are in developing countries. Corporations have realised that governments in developed countries have caught on to their grift, so they're exporting this idea to developing countries, where regulation isn't strong yet and people don't know about microplastics yet. It's insidious. Always it's some talented African or Indian entrepreneur talking happily about making something out of plastic and giving jobs to some local community, not knowing the sheer danger of microplastics. It's kinda of on them too, because they will completely trust anything a western corp tells them. It used to be China, but they caught on too. By the time India and Africa catch on, the corps will have returns the west to poverty and will simply go somewhere like cleveland, and some us entrepreneur 50 years from now will be making plastic. A cycle that never ends. It's a briliant plan. I almost envy them as much as I hate them
Majority of the comments are against recycling. Can anyone can stop buying bottled softdrinks and water from now onwards, if you are so concerned about the environment?
I am a senior, retired, living in New Orleans.. I make tiny hats. (5" across), and buy from a company (KUNIN) that uses recycled plastics as base for the cloth I use to create my pieces. They offer bold colors and a quality product. I feel good knowing that I am buying something from a company that is helping to reduce plastic waste...
It's cheap for them, they can make cheap and toxic clothes and sell at ridiculously high prices. They pretend like they care for the nature but the only thing they care is their profits.
Currently, many companies recycle plastic fibers into fashion products like t-shirts, but this isn’t the best solution. This process involves using a lot of chemicals and leads to microplastic pollution from the very first wash, making the problem worse with each wash cycle. By converting these plastics into building materials and other solid products instead, we can prevent 99% of microplastic release. This approach not only reduces pollution but also provides more durable and environmentally friendly alternatives to traditional materials.
Polyester is extremely uncomfortable, especially in hot and humid places. It's not breathable and used to give me rashes. I'm trying to avoid it but it's hard to get cotton trackpants. For everything else, I only wear cotton.
This narrator did a logical leap at one point. "So many trucks of clothes are being dumped in landfills are being incinerated, thats why its so important use recycled materials" So that they can end up in the trash again? They didnt address the source of the problem which consumption of polyester fibre or plastic bottles in the first place.
consumption as in humans are ingesting these fabrics and inhaling them as well. These fibre's are responsible for a majority of the micr plastics in our bodys
@@loicpage5640 By consumption I meant companies using the polyester in their textiles to reduce costs and consumers continuing purchase them. Beverage companies have been earning billions of dollars over decades selling their product in pet bottles without considering the consequences and now selling recycling as the cure for the problem they created, when the solution is to adopt alternative packaging materials. The microplastics problem is the result of these companies enjoying profits with disregard to the impact on the environment and to humanity over so many years.
natural, more environmentally friendly fabrics that resist wrinkles and don’t use a ton of chemicals and don’t leave micro plastics on the water: 1. Wool: Naturally wrinkle-resistant and cozy. 2. Silk: Wrinkles less and feels luxurious. 3. Hemp: Less wrinkly and eco-friendly. 4. Linen-Cotton Blends: Wrinkles less than pure linen. 5. Lyocell (Tencel): Made from wood pulp, eco-friendly, and resists wrinkles. 6. Organic Cotton with Natural Treatments: Look for GOTS-certified to keep chemicals low.
The utter idiocy of people in this comment section not understanding that polyester is not just for garments. (Even though it is a major component for durability in some types of clothing). It is a very important material to make bag backs , shoes, tent equipment, sporting equipment, ropes etc where you need the durability of a polyester. Things that cotton can’t make. Not every thread is made to sleep in Also, cotton farming is an extremely water consuming activity. Even treating few meters of cotton can take up to 20L of water. Its not a magic fabric. Nothing is . Cotton and polyester can have their own purposes. It doesn’t need to be one or the other This company on to something big in their own right
If only i could have the ability to introduce this type of technology to my country and be able to change lives and the ecosystem....admirable work on this❤
So instead of eliminating the use of plastic bottles... let's just make more money on top of it so that in the end we just end up using even more plastic...
Have fun trying to get to get whole world to stop using plastic bottles. At least these guys are trying to do something about the FACT that they exist, and they will keep being used
You think this company in India has the power to make everyone stop using plastic bottles? The plastic bottles are already out there. This company is just putting them to good use.
I wonder where they pour all the water from the shreader. You know its full of micro and especially nanoplastics. It probably end up in ocean and rivers
Polyester for clothing is the worst thing I can ever think of. It’s disgusting. Hope they would just stop producing it for clothing and use it for other things instead😢
They won't, because manufacturers buy polyester since it's cheaper. Most people are also not conscious buyers, and buy polyester clothing, or at least cotton mixed with polyester. This is the result of the entire consumerist cycle of excessive plastic use, companies using cheapest materials, complete lack of regulation, apathetic consumers and general ignorance. You can't create a world built on such foundations and except of company to just 'change'. If they make something else, they'll just go out of business. Some other competitor will simply will their place and Machine will continue to run.
Really cool to make use of existing plastic! Anyone whining the alternative is that they make new plastic for clothing.. if you don't like polyester then don't buy it.
Exactly people are so annoying. You can be doing something positive in the world and people will still find a reason to complain while doing nothing to help.
Why is not a single worker wearing gloves? Factory like this, as much as ‘helping’ in sustainability, severely lacks safety protocols and ofcourse often doesn’t treat the outgoing water wastes doing more damage to environment!
@@shivashankar2477 see if you watched the video for at least 15 minutes then you’d understand that they reuse the water and they have more certifications than letters in the alphabet
@@Popshikel The damage is done by the washing machines too, or just regular washing. The little plastic filaments in the clothing break apart (during the washing process) and go into the water that is being used, which probably finds it’s way to the main water source. People or animals then drink that water and the microplastics go into their system. This polyester is made from recycled plastic so it is weaker than normal polyester, therefore breaking down more easily. A simple Google search will prove that recycling plastic weakens the plastic therefore accelerating the process for the plastic to become microplastic. Plastic is a horrible thing and is intoxicating our planet, yes there is no other solution, but this polyester fabric will help plastic spread into bodies of water.
@@Benny-the-cute-kitty it’s not speeding up the process and spread of microplastics. It’s keeping those discarded clothes from sitting in the sea or the ocean and spreading them that way. It’s one of the best solutions we have for right now.
To everyone saying it's better to just leave the bottles to recycle into new ones, they get all their bottles from landfills and oceans, the bottles would have just sat there if they hadn't have grabbed it. 😊
all of that will produce tons of microplastics that go into the soil and rivers. I've seen many flakes falling out of bags, plastic dust floating around etc. But i't still great that they recycle them instead of dumping them into a landfill.
Wow, who knew our plastic water bottles could come back as a cool new outfit? 😄 Just imagine-you're wearing your old soda bottle! Talk about recycling at its finest! ♻👕
I recently purchased sari’s from India labelled “silk” and “pashmina” but was very disappointed that they felt more like polyester than natural products. Better labelling standards are needed for the consumer so they can know what they are purchasing.
Many of them have mixed fabric materials not necessarily polyester..you won't recognize easily. Also dont expect things for cheap prices these fabrics are costly
Tbh we need sustainable ways to make clothes. Both plastics and cottons are really unsustainable for mass use. Plastic sucks for microplastics and cotton sucks for the amount of water needed (aral sea)
Yes, very true. And the sustainable way is very simple... Stop over-consuming. Don't buy more than you need, don't buy new trends every season, and don't throw out clothes that are only one year old... Buy fewer but quality items that can last for a long time. Cotton isn't the only option, there are also other natural materials such as hemp. Look for sustainable clothing brands and what materials they're using, they might have found a natural material they can produce in a sustainable way in that area. Linen, silk and more.
what a about wool, relatively sustainable to source, doesn't stain, and is more durable. The solution to pollution and climate change is too source materials and foods naturally instead of ultra proccesing everything. We need to start working with what we got.
@obviouslytanyait doesn’t get rid of it, it’s still there. This just accelerates microplastic production. I doubt these guys process all the water they’re using
@@Shankovich see if you watched the video for at least 3 minutes you’d understand that it actually doesn’t “accelerate” microplastic production and has many fashion industry giants helping to recycle polyester and that they reuse the water
clothes sound really unhealthy. but reusing this stuff for roads n building materials is pretty interesting.. good job for putting the effort to produce the raw material tho ...
Getting people to separate waste to recycle items is a HUGE struggle in the USA. Recycling is not mandatory in many municipalities. And, when waste is set aside for recycling, they are not properly sorted.
Recycling plastics is crucial for reducing waste, conserving resources, and minimizing pollution. It’s a positive step towards sustainability. However, it’s worth reflecting on a time when we thrived without plastics. Before plastics, we used biodegradable and eco-friendly materials like wood, glass, metal, and natural fibers. These materials were durable, reusable, and had minimal environmental impact. I wish we could go back in time and follow our traditional methods and have a pollution free environment.
One of the best Business Insider videos I have seen ... Excellent work guys! 👏🏽👍🏽 Top marks to the companies involved too which make videos like this possible!!
"A truck load of of clothing goes into a landfill every second." To bring this down clothing brands is taking recyclable bottles out of its recycle ecosystem to turn them into non-recyclable clothes. How is this seen as anything positive?
Can recycled plastic be used as a filler to make roads, either with cement or asphalt? It wouldn't need to be made into another "plastic" item, so it could be a mix of different types of plastic.
the biggest quesiton - is where is there an American company turning into a mega-corporation doing this same issue with all of our waste plsatics and glass bottles as well ..... ????? !!!!
Oh no. Americans won't do anything. They will just lecture about this and that while polluting the whole world. They have car based cities, they consume God knows how many gallons of petroleum products, they drink sodas from plastic bottles instead of normal water, they need hundreds of plastic Stanley Cups because it's the latest Instagram trend, everything they eat has plastic in it, they want fancy plastic phones, they wear plastic jewellery, but wearing clothes with blended plastic fibre is where they draw the line. Funnily, all their athleisure (LuLu Lemon) wear has a tonne of plastic in it and they wear it to vulgarly stick their bum photos on Instagram for the whole world to see. They have the gall to criticize a company that is lessening the amount of waste in landfill while dumping their trash in poorer countries.
Lmao, these guys come from places where the religion dictates they only wear pure cotton and eat and drink out of brass. Sure, they're breathing in microplastics. But all these plastic products are made for the consumption of modern, urban people like yourself: be in packaging, consumer goods, electronics and clothes. Most of the brand showcased in this video are big western brands like Adidas. Many Indians still can't afford Adidas. So guess who's gonna be wearing these clothes? Humanity is f*cked
Except that once polyester cloth goes into the washer it sheds billions of particles of microplastic into the water system and ends up in the oceans, in the fish, in the humans and then you got all sorts of fun problems
Lmao why can’t anybody see the good in what they’re doing? Nearly everyone is complaining about the microplastics and not how much waste they’re removing from the environment
Great to see efforts and companies growing towards solutions for all the textile waste. It's too bad people in general feel the need to buy so much stuff in the first place. I'll be 50 next year and still wear some clothes from my high school & college days.I'd say the majority of my closet is second-hand, either passed down from my grand-parents, mother, & other family members, or purchased from thrift stores like savers. Not that I don't buy brand new clothes, but it's not on a regular basis. It's only when I have to, and maybe a couple of brand new pieces each year. Recently, I've been getting a lot of my clothes mended at a local dry cleaners.
Yeah, even if it's "70% more efficient", normal plastic recycling is so horribly wasteful and inefficient that that's not saying much. And it brings up the question of what's worse for micro plastic contamination? Having it sit stagnant in a land fill, or converting it to world wide clothes and dumling the plastic waste water into the ocean?
@braunarsch Yeah, great insight nimrod, but did you ever think the sleazy indian will actually filter all of it out? Because, that's what my comment is about if you'd bother with reading comprehension
Why, because of polymer fiber clothing? "Declining fertility rates" are not the reason for the decline in neo-natality, it's people no longer affording to have children due to the ever increasing cost of living, among a lot of other reasons, none of them being that they are not fertile enough due to microplastics. Fertility is most likely just fine, but it takes more than just beimg "fertile" in order to have kids, you know...
Am I the only one who dislikes polyester? It feels uncomfortable, makes you sweaty and smelly, and doesn't absorb water
@@IgorAlexeyM not at all! I hate all of my polyester clothing.
Cotton for life. Polyester is trash
No, I’m with you. I need natural fibers.
i hate the fact that polyester particles are in my blood and brain, and make up majority of the 240,000 pieces of plastic in a litre of drinking water
I can't wear anything but cotton. Polyester is crap. Smothering out bodies.
And washing this clothing puts tons of microplastics into the water supply. There is literally no end to the ways we are being poisoned by petrochemicals
you're right! we just have to continue to try to avoid single use plastic, so we at least avoid the production of virgin plastic too!
This is so horrible screw India
And not just in the water supply, but into the air in your home as well in the form of dust.
microplastics from clothes arent poisonous but they are bad for the ocean biome
@@gabbonoothey've found microplastic in balls of dudes with erectile dysfunction, so I think it's definitely poisonous
Best solution is to buy high quality clothes made from cotton, hemp fibre etc. and wear them as long as possible.
or just stop wearing cloths.
@@lostvisitorOr just stop being existing
@@Prashant_Pandey4 rise to a higher level and run on solar power.
And then sell them on consignment or donate to a thrift store. And while you’re there, shop for “new to you” quality clothing. Our problem is we get bored of quality clothing before it wears out.
@@lostvisitor solar cells and wind turbines are amongst some of the worst polluters on the planet, wind turbines at sea drop 300kg of plastic based resins from their blades every 3-5 years (thats an average of 60 tons every 3-5 years in the north sea) and solar panels are horrendously polluting to make and even worse for recycling
when are we going to stop pretending we all don't know the only reason why polyester clothing is so popular is because it's cheaper for the manufacturer, while sometimes selling as expensive as cotton and linen, and the rest is marketing?
cotton isn't very expensive.
When are people gonna realize all these plastic fibers will pollute our dirt, water, air and bodies
@zeusvalentine3638 it's expensive to educate the consumer why they should be buying natural fibers though
@@zeusvalentine3638 "as expensive as" understand the terms
@@zeusvalentine3638 fair trade and ecologically friendly cotton isn't cheap, but it is cheaper from an impact viewpoint than just about any other material.
and those clothes are spreading plastic all around... microplastic is stored directly in our bodies... how great is it
Truly microplastics are this generations leaded petrol fumes. 😭
@@maciejwidacki1905 it’s better than killing the ecosystem with it. I’d rather be poisoned and in a world that will continue to thrive for millennia than be in immaculate health and a world that is entirely extinct
Yes massive health problems for people
gotta remember the large scale micro plastic pollution from wind turbines aswell, an average wind turbine at sea loses 300kg of plastic based resin from its 3 blades over a 3-5 years period so in the north sea that equates to over 60 tons of micro plastics every 3-5 years being poured into the water from so called green tech which no one ever talks about
So u wear only Cotton? Haven't u wore Polyester at anytime in your life ??
While the idea is innovating and I appreciate the hustle to reuse over waste, if large clothing brands, especially fast fashion brands, or any companies that work synthetic textiles are not forced to use recycled polyester there is no point. Like everyone else said in the comments, this is a band-aid solution addressing plastic waste. But we actually need to target the original source of the problem which is overusing plastic and being wasteful with it. ALSO I think most consumers still prefer wearing organic fabrics.
U r absolutely right. Its far better to find alternatives for plastic if one really wants to save life on earth . In India ( bharat ) agricultural waste from fields is used for making disposable cutlery and clothes . Frankly speaking all these i have seen only on RUclips only
It's not normally about waste prevention, it's about easy money
Most consumers don't prefer wearing organic fabrics because they can't even tell what is an organic fabric in most cases. You're too optimistic to think that most men even read a label on their clothes. Most are too ignorant to check. It all starts with education but mahy would rather watch Tiktoks than learn.
so your solution is fascism? Funny how left wingers are the real fascists.
how long until we find out those plastic fibres are as dangerous as asbestos ???
I HIGHLY suggest you buy only cotton clothes. Polyester leeches into your skin and into the water supply when washed
Linen is great too
Polyester doesn't leech into the skin, the integumentary system is a barrier, not a fiber.
And producing uses so much water and pollutes all the rivers and water systems!!
I like cotton better, but who told you that Polyester leeches into your skin?
@@UnamedUser849 All of synthetic fabrics are essentially plastics, often formulated with harmful chemical additives like phthalates and bisphenols can result in thyroid illness, hormonal imbalance, and neurological problems.
being from a hot and humid climate and using polyester on your clothes and bedsheets arent the best combo
100% recipe for swamp ass! Lol
not to mention birth defects and cancer
Yup it traps heat and makes you sweat like a pig😅
Agree that it's better suited for textiles for non clothing like furniture upholstery, outdoor patio furniture and covers, sails, tents, etc
Mostly for exports
There's also the fact that more than 75% of recycled plastic is unusable because the melting of the plastics destroys a lot of those polymer chains, which is why it can only be recycled so many times.
It’s funny because if they wanted to do something it would actually be very easy. I’m into banning single use plastic production btw. But if we insist on keeping this insane model… it’s simple you just mandate them to produce plastics only that can be easily recycled. I guess the clear plastics etc. etc. u get the point. There’s certain plastics that recycle very effectively. Hello, mcfly… just them make all plastics like that! None of this phony green bottle crap etc. but they will never even get that far. Nobody cares. All anybody cares about is corporate profit margins
It stains forever too 😅 Have you ever tried the clean Spaghetti out of a plastic bowl 😅That color never disappears 😅
This statement is too broad to be of any use. There are hundreds of types of plastics, of which degradation mechanisms can hardly be compared. As for PET, the amount of chain incisions during melting and re-extrusion is actually quite low, if done carefully, decrease in molecular weight is under 5%. For plastics like PET, these broken chains can also be 'repaired' fairly easy and economically using a process called Solid State Polymerization. The amount of times one can recycle PET is not limited by the "destroyed polymer chains", but mainly limited by contamination and discoloration, which is nearly impossible to remove during regular mechanical recycling.
Microplastics galore!
Credit where credit is due, kudos to this team who figured out how to turn plastic waste into textile fibres but main issue is that plastic production is still increasing year by year and recycling it is a joke
I can appreciate the effort that went into building this facility, but they are certainly not the ones to start making fibers from waste PET 😂it's been done since the 70s
Recycling is a joke. Consume less.
You are a joke@@pdnowlin
guys just use less of all the things that contain plastic. Oh wait, almost everything has plastic
Yes let’s wear this and sweat microplastics into our pores 😂
alot of people hate on this but the science and work put in to making this allows us to re use plastics. people can hate on it but he is actually doing something for society.
I was thinking that too...my goodness, some people are never satisfied..I bet they are the first in line to get a soda.
It's not doing anything for society. It's benefiting the petrochemical industry. Cotton exists. There is no reason to use recycled plastic.
I think it's a better than nothing action to recycle plastic bottles (maybe, in theory), but it seems to me like the truth is that even this use of plastic, which involves recycling, has negative effects since microplastics will still be spread from it, which are bad for human health. :/
Overall, I believe it would be a healthier/ideal choice to purchase cotton and hemp -- truly natural stuff, because it's better for the body. :) I also think that recycling polyester may falsely portray the idea that it's not so negatively consequential to use plastic because we can just re-use it, when in reality that's not a healthy option -- it sort of enables/supports the continuation of using plastic in this.
I can totally see that it is true -- this practice allows plastics to be re-used -- but I don't think I would prefer, personally, to use reused plastics since it still carries microplastics, which aren't good for the body. :)
Most people with negative comments don't realize they have been buying and wearing these clothes for years. Check the tags. If you buying anything besides 100% cotton you are buying plastic!
Even in 100% cotton, the yarns are allowed to be from a different material. And polyester yarns are much better for sewing and is more durable
This is a fascinating process. But I've been seeing a lot of companies "green washing" and replacing cotton clothes with clothes made from recycled plastic. It's really annoying when you prefer cotton and dont want to pay luxury prices for something that used to be affordable.
Sustainable natural fiber fabrics were never affordable. If you got it for cheap then corners were cut somewhere. Cheap cotton is full of toxic chemicals and use cheap labor. Truth is people want to complain about sustainability but don't want to pay the cost for it.
@@la6136right! Even organic cotton has nasty stuff in it and consumes inordinate amounts of water and resources to produce.
I love to see India thrive! Greetings from germany!
Making trash from trash. Brilliant 👏🏻
This is really going to save the planet.
Gone vegan yet? Drink water.
The people complaining in the comments are missing the point. Even if you don't like polyester because of microplastics, this company is still prolonging the life of single use plastic by reusing it and giving it a few more years before it ends up in a landfill somewhere. Yes it is not perfect but it still makes a big difference. The idea that we are all going to suddenly stop using single use plastic is delusional it is everywhere. That is going to take another 20-50 years minimum. In the meantime it should be recycled.
I think you are also among the ones missing the point. When PET bottles are recycled (more like downcycled) into fibers, they almost 100% end up in garments with no end-of-life options. As soon as the fibers are dyed/mixed/woven, they cannot be meaningfully recycled again. If those same shredded bottles were used to make new bottles, you end up with a product that can be nearly perfectly be recycled again into yet another new bottle. Of course some degradation is inherent, thus after 8-11 cycles, the fun ends there as well, but 8-11 almost perfect recycling loops is a whole lot better than 1 recycle loop as is the case with bottle-to-fiber.
@@sander7028exactly!!!!!!!!
@@sander7028 plastic bottles can't be recycled to make new plastic bottles. But they can be recycled to make clothing.
@@DeepDeepSpace total nonsense. We have been making bottles out of 100% recycled material for years
@@DeepDeepSpace IDK what you're talking about. Our company has been recycling PET and making bottles out of 100% recycled PET for years...
Being an Indian, my family never liked synthetic clothes. We have very few of them. We go for cottons , khadi , silk or linen. Even now cotton , khadi and silk has its own glory in india and people are coming back to it.
Same in my family. Seeing how many Indian companies are now putting literal waste plastic into clothes, I'm glad more and more people are returning to pure cotton.
But there's still lots and lots of ignorant people who are using plastic and even wearing it now
And half these clothes are being made for big brands. So likely lots of clueless consumers in the West, Japan and Korea are also wearing plastic, and increasingly Africa too.
Sometimes I think the Arabs got lucky. Due to the amount of sanctions, they're basically forced to use and wear and eat only what is locally produced from traditional materials. That's going to save them in the long run
@@luxinvictus9018 It's not the fault of Indian companies. They are actually doing good by increasing the life span of those plastics which were going to harm us sooner.
We don’t need to recycle. We need to stop using the massive amount of disposable plastic that we do.
Corporations telling us how we can buy their products and reduce our carbon footprint is absolutely absurd. It’s not OUR responsibility to change THEIR business practices!
Yes. Overconsumption is in our hands. We need to stop buying too much, stop buying plastic everything...
We need to do both
Isn't really that big of a deal
You know what horrified me? Half these videos I see about people making 'sustainable' things from waste plastic are in developing countries.
Corporations have realised that governments in developed countries have caught on to their grift, so they're exporting this idea to developing countries, where regulation isn't strong yet and people don't know about microplastics yet.
It's insidious. Always it's some talented African or Indian entrepreneur talking happily about making something out of plastic and giving jobs to some local community, not knowing the sheer danger of microplastics. It's kinda of on them too, because they will completely trust anything a western corp tells them.
It used to be China, but they caught on too. By the time India and Africa catch on, the corps will have returns the west to poverty and will simply go somewhere like cleveland, and some us entrepreneur 50 years from now will be making plastic. A cycle that never ends.
It's a briliant plan. I almost envy them as much as I hate them
Yeah, those who made the problem tryin’ to sell us a sollution which creates more problems…
Moral of the story, don't shop fast fashion
You are right ✅️
Majority of the comments are against recycling. Can anyone can stop buying bottled softdrinks and water from now onwards, if you are so concerned about the environment?
Most are concerned about health and cancer which microplastic and chemical causes, not about the environment.
I am a senior, retired, living in New Orleans.. I make tiny hats. (5" across), and buy from a company (KUNIN) that uses recycled plastics as base for the cloth I use to create my pieces. They offer bold colors and a quality product. I feel good knowing that I am buying something from a company that is helping to reduce plastic waste...
This is going straight to the balls
😂😂😂
@@JPzizou why u gotta shit talk my dreams like that
😂😂😂 Man, hard times being a man
Bruh
This is actually horrible...
What's even more ridiculous that fashion brands are increasingly using Polyester in their expensive clothing.
It's cheap for them, they can make cheap and toxic clothes and sell at ridiculously high prices. They pretend like they care for the nature but the only thing they care is their profits.
Come back to the real world.
Yes, even the mid and higher end brands are increasingly using synthetics as the average consumer doesn't know the difference.
@Brahh777 Luxury cars are using polyester. cry more dum boy
So sad you have every right to cry
I give my condolences
Currently, many companies recycle plastic fibers into fashion products like t-shirts, but this isn’t the best solution. This process involves using a lot of chemicals and leads to microplastic pollution from the very first wash, making the problem worse with each wash cycle.
By converting these plastics into building materials and other solid products instead, we can prevent 99% of microplastic release. This approach not only reduces pollution but also provides more durable and environmentally friendly alternatives to traditional materials.
I just want to say turning rubbish into bricks battery boxes and clothes absolutely amazing
Brics with another natural coating is better to stop the penetration in to atmosphere like asbestos after some years
Cause it doesn’t actually happen
Polyester is extremely uncomfortable, especially in hot and humid places. It's not breathable and used to give me rashes. I'm trying to avoid it but it's hard to get cotton trackpants. For everything else, I only wear cotton.
I own a clothing store, I can get you hooked to some cotton trackpants! Let me know if you're interested :)
This narrator did a logical leap at one point. "So many trucks of clothes are being dumped in landfills are being incinerated, thats why its so important use recycled materials" So that they can end up in the trash again? They didnt address the source of the problem which consumption of polyester fibre or plastic bottles in the first place.
consumption as in humans are ingesting these fabrics and inhaling them as well. These fibre's are responsible for a majority of the micr plastics in our bodys
@@loicpage5640 By consumption I meant companies using the polyester in their textiles to reduce costs and consumers continuing purchase them. Beverage companies have been earning billions of dollars over decades selling their product in pet bottles without considering the consequences and now selling recycling as the cure for the problem they created, when the solution is to adopt alternative packaging materials. The microplastics problem is the result of these companies enjoying profits with disregard to the impact on the environment and to humanity over so many years.
You’re right, recycling is bad and we should just throw everything away
Nothing feels better than wearing a cotton shirt. Plastic shirts just feel cheap... no matter what random pricetag someone puts on it
A cotton shirt waste lot lot lot of water
^plastic shirts cause microplastics to enter your blood. Recycled plastic is toxic.
natural, more environmentally friendly fabrics that resist wrinkles and don’t use a ton of chemicals and don’t leave micro plastics on the water:
1. Wool: Naturally wrinkle-resistant and cozy.
2. Silk: Wrinkles less and feels luxurious.
3. Hemp: Less wrinkly and eco-friendly.
4. Linen-Cotton Blends: Wrinkles less than pure linen.
5. Lyocell (Tencel): Made from wood pulp, eco-friendly, and resists wrinkles.
6. Organic Cotton with Natural Treatments: Look for GOTS-certified to keep chemicals low.
This guy is an inspiration. Thank you for covering his story @business insider
The utter idiocy of people in this comment section not understanding that polyester is not just for garments. (Even though it is a major component for durability in some types of clothing). It is a very important material to make bag backs , shoes, tent equipment, sporting equipment, ropes etc where you need the durability of a polyester. Things that cotton can’t make.
Not every thread is made to sleep in
Also, cotton farming is an extremely water consuming activity. Even treating few meters of cotton can take up to 20L of water. Its not a magic fabric. Nothing is .
Cotton and polyester can have their own purposes. It doesn’t need to be one or the other
This company on to something big in their own right
and all of those have alternatives
@@pixazelz like?
If only i could have the ability to introduce this type of technology to my country and be able to change lives and the ecosystem....admirable work on this❤
Its very facinating, but I really dont buy polyesterfabric, yarn or clothes!
clothing should not be made out of plastic, people breathe in plastic particles from clothing
absolutely
Definitely not ideal but this factory is better than landfill.
Nobody putting that genie back in the bottle. Microplastics are just a thing you have to live with. Deal with it.
We work with what we got. And plastic is less intrusive than you think
People breath in cotton fiber too....ozone ....pollen ......dust. 😅.
Farmers lung eh .
So instead of eliminating the use of plastic bottles... let's just make more money on top of it so that in the end we just end up using even more plastic...
Have fun trying to get to get whole world to stop using plastic bottles. At least these guys are trying to do something about the FACT that they exist, and they will keep being used
You think this company in India has the power to make everyone stop using plastic bottles? The plastic bottles are already out there. This company is just putting them to good use.
even more plastic and cancer cases.
Salute to this genius invention👏
Ppl hating on something that's better than just leaving those plastics everywhere
It would be better to stop buying the plastic in the first place then they would stop making it.
Yea whilst yr phon, car, house has plastic components. Stupid@@lostvisitor
I wonder where they pour all the water from the shreader. You know its full of micro and especially nanoplastics. It probably end up in ocean and rivers
@@mrmartyflowers nope. See if you just watched the video for 5 minutes they’d tell you that they reuse it
Well it can't be reused indefinitely though.
Great solutions. And great showing the pros and cons of everything. Thank you.
25 Metric tonnes a day? Wow!
The plastic in the whole world is almost 400 million metric tons
@@Kotte2000 25 tonnes is still a significant amount for 1 factory to recycle dailly.
Polyester for clothing is the worst thing I can ever think of. It’s disgusting. Hope they would just stop producing it for clothing and use it for other things instead😢
why should you not post any videos in RUclips channel you started this channel 11 years earlier and still not aware people ?? bro
why should you not post any videos in RUclips channel you started this channel 11 years earlier and still not aware people ?? bro
@@YashSharmafitnesss. got a seizure reading u
They won't, because manufacturers buy polyester since it's cheaper. Most people are also not conscious buyers, and buy polyester clothing, or at least cotton mixed with polyester.
This is the result of the entire consumerist cycle of excessive plastic use, companies using cheapest materials, complete lack of regulation, apathetic consumers and general ignorance.
You can't create a world built on such foundations and except of company to just 'change'. If they make something else, they'll just go out of business. Some other competitor will simply will their place and Machine will continue to run.
Exactly! I was thinking the same...
Companies : How much microplastics and bad chemicals do u want in your body?
Customer : YES
Literally using garbage as clothing impregnated with highly dangerous chemicals.
So sad you have every right to cry
I give my condolences
Wait, so to save us from plastic pollution we're going to wear the plastic on our skin? How exactly is that supposed to work?
One day I want to build one like that in Haiti 🇭🇹 thanks 🙏
It's actually frightening to know that we are also wearing plastic..
its dangerous for our health and very toxic
Why?
@@thebeautifulanimal it's got me hiding under my plastic bed covers
For sure, very unhealthy for the 🐱 biome and the water systems of the world. Humans are stupid.
@@PiglipsMaximus😂😂😂😂
Really cool to make use of existing plastic! Anyone whining the alternative is that they make new plastic for clothing.. if you don't like polyester then don't buy it.
Exactly people are so annoying. You can be doing something positive in the world and people will still find a reason to complain while doing nothing to help.
Why is not a single worker wearing gloves? Factory like this, as much as ‘helping’ in sustainability, severely lacks safety protocols and ofcourse often doesn’t treat the outgoing water wastes doing more damage to environment!
@@shivashankar2477 see if you watched the video for at least 15 minutes then you’d understand that they reuse the water and they have more certifications than letters in the alphabet
@@Popshikel i come from the place where these factories exists. Those certifications means nothing here. Lol
@@shivashankar2477 then if they mean nothing then why do you care? And what do you have to say about the water
@@Popshikel The damage is done by the washing machines too, or just regular washing. The little plastic filaments in the clothing break apart (during the washing process) and go into the water that is being used, which probably finds it’s way to the main water source. People or animals then drink that water and the microplastics go into their system. This polyester is made from recycled plastic so it is weaker than normal polyester, therefore breaking down more easily. A simple Google search will prove that recycling plastic weakens the plastic therefore accelerating the process for the plastic to become microplastic. Plastic is a horrible thing and is intoxicating our planet, yes there is no other solution, but this polyester fabric will help plastic spread into bodies of water.
@@Benny-the-cute-kitty it’s not speeding up the process and spread of microplastics. It’s keeping those discarded clothes from sitting in the sea or the ocean and spreading them that way. It’s one of the best solutions we have for right now.
To everyone saying it's better to just leave the bottles to recycle into new ones, they get all their bottles from landfills and oceans, the bottles would have just sat there if they hadn't have grabbed it. 😊
all of that will produce tons of microplastics that go into the soil and rivers. I've seen many flakes falling out of bags, plastic dust floating around etc. But i't still great that they recycle them instead of dumping them into a landfill.
Nice. Hope every countries wil have the same to dealt with garbage...
This is a health nightmare
Wow, who knew our plastic water bottles could come back as a cool new outfit? 😄 Just imagine-you're wearing your old soda bottle! Talk about recycling at its finest! ♻👕
I wonder how much microplastics are in the lungs of those workers?
And the factory workers who cut and sew the clothes?
I recently purchased sari’s from India labelled “silk” and “pashmina” but was very disappointed that they felt more like polyester than natural products. Better labelling standards are needed for the consumer so they can know what they are purchasing.
If you pay less and expect you would get original pashmina
Original Pashmina shawl from Kashmir cost 800$ here in India , it will cost you 1200$ - 1500$ in US . how much have you paid ?
Many of them have mixed fabric materials not necessarily polyester..you won't recognize easily. Also dont expect things for cheap prices these fabrics are costly
Tbh we need sustainable ways to make clothes. Both plastics and cottons are really unsustainable for mass use. Plastic sucks for microplastics and cotton sucks for the amount of water needed (aral sea)
Yes, very true. And the sustainable way is very simple... Stop over-consuming. Don't buy more than you need, don't buy new trends every season, and don't throw out clothes that are only one year old... Buy fewer but quality items that can last for a long time.
Cotton isn't the only option, there are also other natural materials such as hemp. Look for sustainable clothing brands and what materials they're using, they might have found a natural material they can produce in a sustainable way in that area. Linen, silk and more.
@SkyeAten so you want everyone to be like you?
what a about wool, relatively sustainable to source, doesn't stain, and is more durable. The solution to pollution and climate change is too source materials and foods naturally instead of ultra proccesing everything. We need to start working with what we got.
5:18 freaks me out! DON'T TOUCH!! 😂
This kinds of Heroes should have been more recognized
never gonna give them up
@obviouslytanyait doesn’t get rid of it, it’s still there. This just accelerates microplastic production. I doubt these guys process all the water they’re using
@@Shankovich see if you watched the video for at least 3 minutes you’d understand that it actually doesn’t “accelerate” microplastic production and has many fashion industry giants helping to recycle polyester and that they reuse the water
@@Popshikel the micro plastics break down to nanometres, which absorbs through skin. To say it isn't is false.
@@loicpage5640 see if you read my comment you’d understand what I’m talking about
Conversion of plastic and making use in clothing is a very essential need in modern era.
Yay microplastics!
What a brilliant mind to think about the environment!❤
Soft drinks ( unhealthy for body )
Soft drink bottles ( unhealthy for environment)
From glass bottles and cotton clothes to plastic bottles and plastic clothes. So nature friendly.
After the clothes, then what? How to re-cycle those plastic in the clothes later?
The person responsible for this process should be awarded a Nobel prize if he has not already.
Much respect for Shree Renga
Polyester is so comfortable.... I'm wearing a trouser made of it right now
Same music that taskmaster uses in some of its episodes starting at 1:57
This was really informative, thank you Business Insider
clothes sound really unhealthy. but reusing this stuff for roads n building materials is pretty interesting.. good job for putting the effort to produce the raw material tho ...
These efforts are very good to improve pollution and atmosphere and control the trash...
Getting people to separate waste to recycle items is a HUGE struggle in the USA. Recycling is not mandatory in many municipalities. And, when waste is set aside for recycling, they are not properly sorted.
we should stop recycling plastic period.
Recycling plastics is crucial for reducing waste, conserving resources, and minimizing pollution. It’s a positive step towards sustainability. However, it’s worth reflecting on a time when we thrived without plastics.
Before plastics, we used biodegradable and eco-friendly materials like wood, glass, metal, and natural fibers. These materials were durable, reusable, and had minimal environmental impact. I wish we could go back in time and follow our traditional methods and have a pollution free environment.
One of the best Business Insider videos I have seen ... Excellent work guys! 👏🏽👍🏽
Top marks to the companies involved too which make videos like this possible!!
"A truck load of of clothing goes into a landfill every second." To bring this down clothing brands is taking recyclable bottles out of its recycle ecosystem to turn them into non-recyclable clothes. How is this seen as anything positive?
WESTERN SO CALLED SUPER POWER NEED TO LEARN FROM INDIA.
Not pictured: 1.5 million plastic bottles worth of clothing turning into landfill waste
Salute to this great idea of spreading microplastic in the environment in the name of recycling
In other words , we are wearing garbage . Tomorrow we will eat plastic and say we are sustaining food crisis .
I mean, the fish usually tend to eat plastic and then we eat the fish..
@@zinzyu and we eat a size of credit card plastic every week . Lol
You are wrong. You have responsibility to take care of our earth. I like it . We all have responsibility to care for global warming .
Can recycled plastic be used as a filler to make roads, either with cement or asphalt? It wouldn't need to be made into another "plastic" item, so it could be a mix of different types of plastic.
Peoples going to die of these micro plastic….worst creation 🤦♂️🤦♂️🤦♂️🤦♂️🤦♂️🤦♂️
Woah i havent thought washing my clothes was introducing microplastics also!!!!!!! Thats crazy to think about. Love you du pont?????
the biggest quesiton - is where is there an American company turning into a mega-corporation doing this same issue with all of our waste plsatics and glass bottles as well ..... ????? !!!!
Oh no. Americans won't do anything. They will just lecture about this and that while polluting the whole world. They have car based cities, they consume God knows how many gallons of petroleum products, they drink sodas from plastic bottles instead of normal water, they need hundreds of plastic Stanley Cups because it's the latest Instagram trend, everything they eat has plastic in it, they want fancy plastic phones, they wear plastic jewellery, but wearing clothes with blended plastic fibre is where they draw the line. Funnily, all their athleisure (LuLu Lemon) wear has a tonne of plastic in it and they wear it to vulgarly stick their bum photos on Instagram for the whole world to see.
They have the gall to criticize a company that is lessening the amount of waste in landfill while dumping their trash in poorer countries.
Ufff.. Kalakkan documentary. Hats of to the entire team! 👏❤
And all those polyester clothing end up in the landfills
100%
you should blame the consumer for that. they are only supplying for the demand.
@@braunarschthere is so much of customer demand and job opportunities created around these things there is no way going back.
I'm shivering at the thought of how much microplsatics those workers have in their lungs but I guess someone gotta do it
Lmao, these guys come from places where the religion dictates they only wear pure cotton and eat and drink out of brass.
Sure, they're breathing in microplastics. But all these plastic products are made for the consumption of modern, urban people like yourself: be in packaging, consumer goods, electronics and clothes. Most of the brand showcased in this video are big western brands like Adidas.
Many Indians still can't afford Adidas. So guess who's gonna be wearing these clothes?
Humanity is f*cked
Great video
But simple cotton clothings are, I believe, always better
now someone do a study of rise in cancer after Dupont business started.
Except that once polyester cloth goes into the washer it sheds billions of particles of microplastic into the water system and ends up in the oceans, in the fish, in the humans and then you got all sorts of fun problems
Lmao why can’t anybody see the good in what they’re doing? Nearly everyone is complaining about the microplastics and not how much waste they’re removing from the environment
he's probably an idiot
They aren't removing plastic from the environment, this is just a pit stop before the landfill because polyester cannot be easily recycled.
Because it’s easier to identify problems than actually solve them.
Yeah, because putting the microplastics directly onto my body is somehow better than them being in a designated, closed-off, and monitored area...
Things shouldn’t come in plastic in the first place .
Great to see efforts and companies growing towards solutions for all the textile waste. It's too bad people in general feel the need to buy so much stuff in the first place. I'll be 50 next year and still wear some clothes from my high school & college days.I'd say the majority of my closet is second-hand, either passed down from my grand-parents, mother, & other family members, or purchased from thrift stores like savers. Not that I don't buy brand new clothes, but it's not on a regular basis. It's only when I have to, and maybe a couple of brand new pieces each year. Recently, I've been getting a lot of my clothes mended at a local dry cleaners.
Touch grass . What you will do all money you got . Spend on food and cloth.
So are we just going to ignore the issues and concerns with PFAS contamination by just having the sleazy businessman say "trust me bro"? What a joke.
What?
Yeah, even if it's "70% more efficient", normal plastic recycling is so horribly wasteful and inefficient that that's not saying much.
And it brings up the question of what's worse for micro plastic contamination? Having it sit stagnant in a land fill, or converting it to world wide clothes and dumling the plastic waste water into the ocean?
PFAS and PET are not the same
@braunarsch Yeah, great insight nimrod, but did you ever think the sleazy indian will actually filter all of it out? Because, that's what my comment is about if you'd bother with reading comprehension
I like polyester material.....thank you guys ....keep up the good work❤❤❤
Most dumbest thing to do. Now we have micro plastic even in our balls
Fascinating Recycling Process !
Drinking Microplastic is crazy 💀
Waterbottles¿
very meaningful video! Thanks for the great information
greenwashing.
We ❤ what you all are doing.
And y’all wonder why the fertility rates are declining and ppl are getting sicker
@@asahibunni7426 no. We don’t wonder. We already know
Why, because of polymer fiber clothing?
"Declining fertility rates" are not the reason for the decline in neo-natality, it's people no longer affording to have children due to the ever increasing cost of living, among a lot of other reasons, none of them being that they are not fertile enough due to microplastics.
Fertility is most likely just fine, but it takes more than just beimg "fertile" in order to have kids, you know...