Laundry is a top source of microplastic pollution – here’s how to clean your clothes more sustainably
Laundry is a top source of microplastic pollution – here’s how to clean your clothes more sustainably
Household dryers are significant sources of microfiber pollution, study finds https://phys.org/news/2025-10-household-dryers-significant-sources-microfiber.html
The fabrics that fill our homes, from natural cotton towels and bedsheets, to clothes produced with synthetic materials, produce microscopic fibers as they break down over time. Previous research has shown that household washers collect and release these microfibers into the environment, and now a new study uses citizen science to demonstrate how dryer vents also produce microfibers under normal household use.
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A plastic #microfiber found in the exhaled breath of a bottlenose #dolphin is nearly 14 times smaller than a strand of hair and can be seen only with a microscope.
The ocean releases #microplastics into the air through surface froth and wave action. Once the particles are released, wind can transport them to other locations.
https://www.counterpunch.org/2024/10/22/microplastic-pollution-is-everywhere-even-in-the-eexhaled-breath-of-dolphins/
#climatecrisis #Fossilfuels #NanoPlastics #oceans #Pollution
TikToker explains reason why #Lululemon got its name - YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3G-v-jAUKnk
As a person named Lorraine… I have thoughts on this
Koreans cannot pronounce L either… It drove me crazy as a kid being called Rori or Rorraine…
To name your company b/c you think it’s hilarious to see people struggle saying the name is… sociopathic, mean & cruel
Plus LuluLemon makes trash products & nobody should be wearing #microfiber #spandex #fossilFuel #plasticIsTheNewCoal products anyways. It feels suffocating & also retains odors… super gross
@gerrymcgovern imho it’s the rise of #polyester #microfiber #plastic #spandex
Even that 3% elastane woven in w/silk, cotton, wool etc is harmful & it kills your clothes making them unwearable
If we stopped using single use plastic in the form of drink cups, soda/liquid/drink bottles, food packaging, shampoo & product packaging, AND stopped buying #fastFashion #shein #lululemon & the like, it would go far in helping this giant mess we’ve created as these things don’t degrade for 200-400 years #plasticIsTheNewCoal #fossilFuel #COP28
Irrotin tänään eläkeläiseltä tarrat ja hinkkasin mikrokuituliinalla liimat pois. Toimii!
Tarrat oli pakko lopulta poistaa hygieniasyistä. Ovat olleet lähes 8 vuotta kannessa kiinni. Toki aina uusia voi laittaa, mutta nyt saa eläkeläinen olla hetken alasti.
@olireiv
I wish I had known earlier
It wasn’t until 2015 while taking a requisite textile science class for fashion design that I became aware polyester was a #fossilFuel product as were the plastic bottles
At minimum, (stats probs increased from several years ago last I checked) 60% of new clothing made today is #fossilFuelFiber #microfiber #plasticIsTheNewCoal #plasticPollution #methane
cons:
1. no bacteria resistence so clothes get stinky fast, thus frequent washing needed
2. microplastics leech into the water with every wash sending microplastics to city sewer systems which don’t typically filter microplastics so they go into rivers. (Perhaps non-issue for septic tanks)
pros:
3. needs no tumble drying; air-dries in an hour; huge+ in the US where all tumble dryers are vented
4? do the dyes of plastics leech out? Plastic colors seem to be baked in