Question

Are all types of clothes biodegradable?

Answer 1

1. Not all fabrics are safely biodegradable as they are made with artificial and chemical components.
2. It depends on what fibers or fabric is made from.
3. And also the more chemicals used the longer it takes to biodegrade.
4. Polyester has been introduced since 1951 created not by the textile industry but by American Chemical Company Dupont went on sale.
5. Polyester is a polymer or a long chain of repeating molecular units.
6. That basically means that our clothes are increasingly made of plastic.
7. In theory cotton, silk hemp is biodegradable and polyester is not.