Plastic is something that we can see everywhere in our lives. It can be said that everyone should be familiar with it, but everyone has always had a kind of unclear feelings about plastic because he has brought us convenience and is wearing away. Our health. Recent news has revealed that plastic will replace cotton as the main material of our clothes in the future.

Plastic is perhaps the most controversial invention in the past 100 years. People love and hate plastic. Love is because it is easy to use and can be seen everywhere in life. Hate is because it is a chemical compound and it is good for human health. Useless.

The most common type of polyester is polyester fiber, a plastic that is extracted from crude oil and is commonly used to make bottles of cola and ketchup. When the polyester fiber melts, it will produce a texture of cold honey. After passing through the pores of the spinning tube, a long single fiber filament will be formed. When they are entangled to form fine fibers, the fabric can be produced. Already.

It now appears that its fate into the clothing industry is irreversible. Our clothes contain polyester more or less. This is commonly called "really good" clothing, but many people don't know yet that it is actually a raw material with plastic bottles, and it may completely capture our wardrobe in the future. In recent years, due to the continuous shortage of cotton fabrics, polyester has replaced cotton and became the world's largest fiber, with an annual growth rate of 5.3 million metric tons, such as this year's output of more than 30 million metric tons. This number could reach more than 90 million metric tons by 2025.

The enthusiasm for man-made fiber is mainly because the cotton production is insufficient. More importantly, our demand for new clothes is also growing. I want to talk about "fast fashion" again. Many "fast fashion" manufacturers, such as H & M, choose polyester over nylon or rayon because polyester is the cheapest. As demand increases, we will see more and more mixed-type garments-more than 98% of fiber production in the future will be synthetic, and 95% of synthetic fibers will be polyester.

Although the materials are cheap, people do n’t have to worry about polyester being hot, airtight, and too low-end. Now polyester has been transformed by technology to be decent. Those polyester fibers can already be made thinner than human hair. Already. No wonder some big brands occasionally make a coincidence. It seems that the future of polyester is fixed, and it is even used by Sacai and CommedesGar? Ons, one of the most popular fashion brands today. Due to its easy-drying properties, polyester is more common in sportswear and casual sportswear.

Environmentalists will of course stand up and accuse polyester, a non-degradable substance, that will cause a greater burden on the earth. But on the other hand, cotton actually consumes more water than polyester and the cotton piled up into mountains is like this It is doubtful whether it can be degraded immediately. Plastic's entry into the fashion apparel industry seems unstoppable, let us wait and see!