In a time where being eco-friendly is the new cool, the fashion industry is making big waves with recycled plastic bottles being turned into beautiful fabrics.

The woven plastic fabric is usually said to be permeable enough that water can still reach the roots of the shrubs or flowers you planted in the fabric-covered area, but solid enough to block weed ...

“The process is easy to understand. Plastic bottles are collected and grinded into little chips that are melted down into beads and the beads of plastic are made into yarn to make fabric. When people ...

Alexis Peña and Lauren Blake, cofounders of Good Fibes, aim to tackle this problem with lab-grown elastics. Operating out of ...

Made from plant byproducts like cornstarch, it resembles a plastic sheet and smothers weeds the same way traditional landscaping fabric does. The main difference is that biodegradable mulch breaks ...

It also adds greenhouse gases to the atmosphere, which harms the climate. Using recycled polyester to make new fabric, on the other hand, uses less energy and resources. You use already existing ...