cotton waste
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Uniqlo has expanded its AIRism line using super-fine, smooth fibers made from polyester and cupro, which is made from cotton waste, that it says dry quickly and feel cool.
From Reuters • Aug. 1, 2023
Large bales of cotton waste are dumped on conveyor belts, shredded, and then broken down into a wet slurry, with the help of chemicals.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 12, 2022
In fact, the Trabant was made of "duroplast", a plastic reinforced with recycled cotton waste from the former Soviet Union.
From Reuters • Sep. 29, 2022
In 2014 Apple and Esquel agreed to produce more sustainable uniforms using 100 metric tonnes of recycled cotton waste, the industry publication Just Style reported.
From The Guardian • Aug. 10, 2020
Gothic—very Gothic—” Barres, still amused, sorted his wet brushes, dried them carefully one by one on a handful of cotton waste, and laid them in a neat row across the soapstone top of his palette-table.
From The Moonlit Way by Chambers, Robert W. (Robert William)
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