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and cotton. compared to pure cotton, polycotton has a higher durability, crease resistance, and lower cost, but still maintains a cotton 'feel' small amounts of elastane are blended with other fibres, mainly cotton, to add stretch to a garment. acrylic is mostly blended with wool fibres to lower the
(such as cotton, other cellulose-based fibres, or wool) are mixed with non-biodegradable fibres (such as polyester, acrylic, nylon, or elastane), this creates another challenge. the resulting yarn of such a mix is no longer biodegradable and so is unsuitable for value retention in biological cycles...
https://www.ellenmacarthurfoundation.org/assets/downloads/publications/A-New-Textiles-Economy_Full-Report_Updated_1-12-17.pdf
and cotton. compared to pure cotton, polycotton has a higher durability, crease resistance, and lower cost, but still maintains a cotton 'feel' small amounts of elastane are blended with other fibres, mainly cotton, to add stretch to a garment. acrylic is mostly blended with wool fibres to lower the
(such as cotton, other cellulose-based fibres, or wool) are mixed with non-biodegradable fibres (such as polyester, acrylic, nylon, or elastane), this creates another challenge. the resulting yarn of such a mix is no longer biodegradable and so is unsuitable for value retention in biological cycles...
https://www.ellenmacarthurfoundation.org/assets/downloads/publications/A-New-Textiles-Economy_Full-Report.pdf