To think that recycling is not always a good idea?

[TheAverageJoanne]

I'm thinking here only of one aspect and that's the range of items in Marks and Spencer, and some other outlets, where "this is made from recycled polyester/bottles" or whatever, I'd not buy polyester items in the first place so definitely not recycled ones. Things feel flimsy and cheap. Some of the jumpers feel really rag tag market and I know someone who spent £70 on a dress from Sainsbury's Tu Vogue Williams range and it looks like it came from Shein

Remember that not all artificial fabrics are made from plastics. Viscose/tencel/rayon etc are made from plants. However there are problems with the processing, and they tend to be less hard wearing.

How does she but a dress she hates? Did she order it and have so much money she couldn't be arsed to return it?

True - but you don't often see nice thick, cosy jumpers etc made from such fibres.

Some stuff you'd never know came from recycled materials and some 'Virgin' clothing looks pretty cheap. I doubt the stuff from Shein is made from recycled polyester.

Really? Offensive? My word, you'd better write to Nestlé PDQ then!

It was bought online, I don't think she'd thought it through.

Your title is stupid, you mean it's not a good idea to buy cheaply made poor quality items, regardless of what they're made of. Don't buy them then.

Recycling anything should be way down the list, after Reduce and Reuse.
But that would require women to be less critical and judgemental of other women’s appearance and fashion choices and thus reducing the peer pressure.

I personally don’t like clothes that aren’t a cotton blend so wouldn’t buy recycled polyester clothes but some people do.

I think the one time I’ve bought something polyester was some gym leggings made from recycled bottles. For gym clothing I think it’s fine.

I hate how clothing manufacturers are trying to be all virtuous by using recycled polyester. It's still polyester! It's still rank for making clothes that are not sports clothes.

And that's my point thank you!

If you don't buy polyester, then obviously you wouldn't be interested in buying recycled polyester. But for people who DO buy polyester they may well prefer to buy recycled than new.

Whether it's "better" to buy recycled polyester or brand new cotton (a very water-intensive crop) is probably debateable and depends on what your priorities are.

None of these things mean that recycling where possible is an intrinsically bad idea.