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How Fashion and Furniture Can Lead Toward a Market for Lower-Emissions Polyester

Polyester - a fiber used in clothes, carpets, and textile products - is currently made from fossil fuel-based chemicals. With the fashion industry being a first mover in adopting low-emission & circular materials, this article explores polyester as a potential value chain for accelerating demand for low-emission chemicals.