Never again, Polyester.

Never again, polyester. What is P-O-L-Y-E-S-T-E-R? Now, I could on and on and explain the in-depth chemistry of it but Chemistry is something I've never been great at(oof). So, I'll spare you readers the efforts to use your brain and put it simply as a material that is blended and spun together to create a fabric that is wrinkle-free, dries quickly, long lasting, and strong. Polyester is man made and produced in large numbers, it's quite cheap compared to other fabric/material and long lasting which is why it's a common choice for consumers to purchase.

Clothes made from Polyester don’t require ironing and can be washed with great ease without shrinking or deteriorating the quality of the material. They dry quickly compared to clothes made of cotton and are available everywhere. The cheap price and decent quality of polyester proves to be the first choice for fast fashion. However, not all polyester is good or even of decent quality, they’re majorly mass produced in countries like China and Bangladesh and are of low quality, manufactured by either underpaid workers or children and do not support the ethics of fair trade. Polyester lasts a few years before it's discarded by the consumer and keeping in mind that it's a synthetic petroleum-based fibre made from a non-renewable resource one can only wonder where it lands at the end of all this?

Unlike its rough beginning in the 70’s, wearing polyester has become more and more comfortable and we often miss the tags on clothes and don't notice the percentage of the fabric used. What the fashion industry is doing is making us drink milk sip by sip instead of shoving hot milk straight down our throats (quite literally too). To the people who notice the tags and purchase the clothes with very less amount of polyester present are also to be blamed more or less. Polyester is a polymer and one of the most common type is polyethylene terephthalate, a plastic derived from crude oil, over 50 million barrels of oil are used annually to meet the increasing demand of polyester.

This constant production of non bio-degradable petroleum-derived polyester which takes about 200 years to decompose and will tip the world as we know to its end. Garments made of this material are the biggest source of micro plastic pollution in our oceans, around 1900 fibres can be washed off one garment every time it is washed. Now, not comparing polyester to cotton since it's the amount of clothes the world consumes that is more troublesome. Purchasing cotton clothes wouldn't help if it isn't treated correctly and just dumped in a landfill.

As my girl Barbie once did not say- "Life isn't fantastic if you keep wearing plastic."

This directly triggers our climate to change with the amount of limited fuel being used, you and I can contribute (our money is our vote!) to changing this by making sure we-

1: Thrift shop

2: Upcycle our old clothes

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3: Check the tags!