minus-squarevitriolix@lemmy.worldtoApple@lemmy.world•*Permanently Deleted*linkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoYou are probably right that industrial and packaging are probably major sources, but microfibers in clothes is a big problem too https://www.unep.org/news-and-stories/story/fashions-tiny-hidden-secret#:~:text=Laundry alone causes around half,almost three billion polyester shirts. Laundry alone causes around half a million tonnes of plastic microfibres to be released into the ocean every year—the equivalent of almost three billion polyester shirts. linkfedilink
minus-squarevitriolix@lemmy.worldtoMildly Infuriating@lemmy.world•This bike lanelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoI think I’ve gotten at the root of the problem linkfedilink
You are probably right that industrial and packaging are probably major sources, but microfibers in clothes is a big problem too
https://www.unep.org/news-and-stories/story/fashions-tiny-hidden-secret#:~:text=Laundry alone causes around half,almost three billion polyester shirts.