Comment by ekianjo
14 hours ago
Not really. Polymers in clothes are everywhere and they have very désirable properties compared to pure cotton. Untreated cotton had many problems.
14 hours ago
Not really. Polymers in clothes are everywhere and they have very désirable properties compared to pure cotton. Untreated cotton had many problems.
Materials other than cotton (like wool and leather) existed.
yup, but polymers are much, much cheaper to produce. And some have properties that no natural fabric can offer.
> properties that no natural fabric can offer
like polluting every inch of the Earth with microplastics!