How much polyester is used by the fashion industry?
Regularly, our Secretary General Lutz Walter shares his insights and knowledge through his blogposts, covering a wide range of topics related to textile sustainability and innovation. Follow his blog to gain a deeper understanding of the challenges that the textile industry is facing today.
"In essence, polyester consumption in apparel and fashion is often vastly overestimated. This, of course, doesn’t mean it is not a problem. It very clearly is, because its production and consumption is growing globally and because it remains so far a basically 100% fossil carbon based material for which we currently don’t have any true circularity solution at scale and acceptable economics. And even if one day, we have such solutions, they will not allow us to replace 100% of fossil-based fibre at its current or projected usage rate. For this to happen, we need sustainable biobased solutions at scale."
In his latest blog post, our Secretary General Lutz Walter unpacks the misconceptions surrounding polyester use in the global apparel industry. . Read on to explore the true dynamics of textile fibre consumption and the crucial shift towards sustainable alternatives.
