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Guardian: Will clothes companies do the right thing to reduce microfiber pollution?

May 13, 2017 by mcoc

Over the past few years, evidence has been mounting that synthetic textiles such as polyester and acrylic, which make up much of our clothing, are a major source of pollution in the world’s oceans. That’s because washing those clothes causes tiny plastic fibers to shed and travel through wastewater treatment plants into public waterways. These […]

Categories: Gear, Lifecycle, Oceans, Policy, Technology • Tags: apparel, food chain, marine pollution, mermaids, microfiber pollution, Patagonia, plastic soup foundation, polymers, synthetic fabirc, textile science

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I interviewed Shaun White in 1999, when he was just a grom at age 13. He told me his parents were roller derby stars back in the day. Explains a lot. The interview, for long-gone MountainZone.com, still lives in the Way Back Machine.

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