Fear of cotton balls is also known as sidonglobophobia. Another term for the condition is bambakophobia, from the Greek bambaki, which means "cotton," and phobos, which means deep dread or fear. In ...

Plastic recycler and packaging manufacturer Pact Group and clean technology company BlockTexx have signed a memorandum of understanding to determine the feasibility of establishing an end-to-end ...

Arguably, the most important pieces of clothing you’re going to put on before any outdoor adventure are the very first ones: the base layers. Superman aside, most of us start the dressing ...

The Poly-1 was far ahead of international competition, but New Zealand failed to capitalise on the opportunity. At the time, public investment in a new knowledge-based industry ran counter to both ...

“China has given our elites far more than thirty pieces of silver, but everything comes at a price,” Senator Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) writes in his new book, “Seven Things You Can’t Say About ...

Senator Tom Cotton, a staunch Republican from Arkansas, is facing criticism for his alleged connections to the International Republican Institute (IRI), a non-governmental organization (NGO ...

Reju is revolutionizing the textile industry with a circular approach to fashion waste, opening its Regeneration Hub Zero in Frankfurt, Germany, and a partnerships Waste Management and Goodwill ...

U.S. cotton producers intend to plant 9.6 million cotton acres this spring, down 14.5% from 2024, according to the National Cotton Council’s 44th Annual Early Season Planting Intentions Survey. Upland ...

Let the best of Anthropocene come to you. Look through your closet and you’d be hard-pressed to find a fabric that is not a blend of multiple fibers. The most common is a cotton-polyester blend: a ...

Poly-Pak Industries Inc., which has manufactured plastic bags at the company’s headquarters at 125 Spagnoli Rd. since the mid-1970s and has 177 employees, filed the Worker Adjustment and ...

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