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Microfibres: the plastic in clothes and how to control where it goes

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Microfibres: the plastic in clothes and how to control where it goes

The ocean is a soup of microplastics. Plastic litter such as drinks bottles, carrier bags, even old shoes are broken down by sunlight and wave action into fragments, and any pieces smaller than 5mm are known as microplastics. Eight million tonnes of waste plastic ends up in the sea each year from land and once plastic reaches the ocean, it acts like a sponge, absorbing nasty chemicals and heavy metals so once in the food chain it can be toxic.

Microplastic fibres or ‘microfibres’ are tiny threads of synthetic material, thinner than a human hair, that are now ubiquitous. They have been found in everything from sea salt and bottled water to tap water, honey and even seafood such as mussels. Once these tiny microfibres have leached into the environment, there’s no effective way of removing them so the emphasis must be on preventing them at source.

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