Recycled polyester saved this American factory. Environmental scientists hate that

At the bottle treatment plant in Ridsville, North Carolina, the plastic molecules are drifted, such as the banks of the ice, at every corner of the mechanism that cuts the bottles in the peeling. When I ask our tourist guide, my land manager, if he is afraid to breathe in, he says he does not do that. “We are doing a good job to clean it,” he says, adding that the dust bags that are unloaded are sold, and the wastewater is filtered.

but I Anxiety. Study 2023 Among the factory for recycling plastic materials in the UK, it was found that even after the installation of modern filters, about 6 percent of the plastic that is treated in wastewater was launched as small and nanopotype, while the air surrounding the elbow was full of small microbes enough to be dangerous for human health.

Scientists still confuse what the exact plastic materials do for our health, however One study I found that people with IBS tend to get more accurate plastic, including PET and Polyamide (including nylon, one type), in their intestine. While pets seem to be one of the most benign areas of all plastic materials, at least two studies I found BPA, a chemical that lacks hormones, in polyester children, and a number of brands agreed to settle with legislators in California in 2023 on The presence of BPA in Polyester sports shirts.

In addition, the directors of the water facilities at Reidsville I claimed This is likely to be UNIFI and other polyester manufacturers sources of 1,4-dioxane, a potential human carcinogen, in CAPE FEAR, which provides drinking water for More than a million people Because it flows from central to southeast of North Carolina. Technically, this is not illegal (especially since Unifi, along with other industrial sources and several cities, Successfully The North Carolina base of 1.4 dioxan was pressed in wastewater). Because 1,4-Dioxan is a secondary result of the manufacture of pets, the Environmental Protection Agency announced In late 2024 Any exposure to almost 1,4-Dixan poses an unreasonable danger to the health of polyester workers and the surrounding societies. There are (very expensive) methods for the treatment of wastewater for 1,4-dioxane, so how will the following regulations affect It does not seem careful To do any toxic chemical exposure organization.

Both Angel and Boubid refused to talk in detail about these issues. Personally, they cited the advice of the Unifi lawyer (BPA), he said unifi followed all regulations (1,4-daxan), or the institute’s ignorance. Follow -up questions were not answered to Buid. “We maintain an active participation in the Microbial Federation, in order to support academic and industrial research on a source and the effect of fiber division from textiles to the natural environment.” “We are compatible with all local, state and federal regulations for all our sites.”

To defenders, every young leader is evidence that there is no environmentally friendly polyester. “We cannot do this sustainable in a non -toxic way, it is literally impossible,” says Pixi.

But I left the Repreve factory wondering whether we left perfection is the enemy of good American jobs. Polyester will remain in the request, and will be submitted here in a compatible factory using recycled sources, or abroad at a superficial factory using fresh petrochemicals. Pixi says she does not want to “call this company or these people, because they may be the most beautiful people in the world do their best to what they can.” Lee Utopia described all the toxic and natural clothes here, then fertilizer and recycled here. It looks great, impossible.

In February this year, UNIFI Declare She was closing the polyester processing factory in North Carolina. Some of its machines will ship to its factories in Latin America, and MADISON employees provide new job opportunities in Yadkinsville and Reidsville factories, which are still in service.

Now, anyway.