JuneSim63<p>A sobering read. Plastic sachets, polyester clothing, drinks bottles, tetrapaks and wet wipes are stacking up with low recycling rates and little sign of change.</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Plastic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Plastic</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Environment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Environment</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/PlasticBottles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PlasticBottles</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/WetWipes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WetWipes</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Tetrapaks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tetrapaks</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Polyester" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Polyester</span></a> <br>We need to talk about plastic: five everyday items choking the planet | Plastics | The Guardian<br><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/nov/29/we-need-to-talk-about-plastic-five-everyday-items-choking-the-planet?CMP=bsky_gu" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/environment/20</span><span class="invisible">24/nov/29/we-need-to-talk-about-plastic-five-everyday-items-choking-the-planet?CMP=bsky_gu</span></a></p>
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@rms One issue with fabrics #recycling is the quite commonly mixed in plastic in natural material, which makes it impossible to #recycle
First you would need a law that forbids mixing in #elastane / #spandex / #lycra and #polyester and so on from been mixed with natural materials like #cotton
Better yet, wear clothes made of shorn #wool, #hemp, #bamboo, #flax, or #OrganicCotton.
How do you tackle #microplastics? Start with your washing machine.
Simple filters could help remove #microfiber pollution from your #laundry. But experts say a broader portfolio of solutions is needed to address the problem.
by Saqib Rahim, Apr 19, 2023
"As environmental challenges go, microfiber pollution has come from practically out of nowhere. It was only a decade or so ago that scientists first suspected our #clothing, increasingly made of #synthetic materials like #polyester and #nylon, might be major contributors to the global #plastic problem.
"Today a growing body of science suggests the tiny strands that slough off #clothes are everywhere and in everything. By one estimate, they account for as much as one-third of all microplastics released to the ocean. They’ve been found on #MountEverest and in the #MarianaTrench, along with tap #water, #plankton, shrimp guts, and our poo."
Grist · How do you tackle microplastics? Start with your washing machine.