As clothing manufacturers, brands and designers create personal protective equipment for medical workers during the continued global efforts to combat COVID-19, apparel-technology firms are facilitating production of masks, gloves, gowns and footwear covers.
Through its efforts to close the loop on plastics pollution, BioCellection has advanced its program from recycling this type of waste by expanding into creating performance materials that could be utilized by the apparel industry. The company, founded by Miranda Wang and Jeanny Yao, began with the mission to convert polyethylene waste into chemicals utilized by makers of textiles to create materials such as nylon.