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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.

#Plastic #Environment #PlasticBottles #WetWipes #Tetrapaks #Polyester
We need to talk about plastic: five everyday items choking the planet | Plastics | The Guardian
theguardian.com/environment/20

The Guardian · We need to talk about plastic: five everyday items choking the planetBy Emma Bryce

Zum ersten Mal seit zig Jahren wieder Acrylfarben in+an den Fingern gehabt.
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Denn beim @NABU_Laatzen wollen wir eine Höhle basteln, in der Kinder sehen können, wie #Fledermäuse schlafen. Weil der #Stoff optimal verdunkeln soll, wird es #Polyester. Weil Stofffarbe auf Polyester nicht hält, wird es #Acrylfarbe. Die ist hiermit getestet auf einem Reststück aus 100% Polyester.

Ich nenne es "Fleda geht angesichts des Futterangebots freiwillig in den Winterschlaf". 🦇

#Speichen am #Fahrrad aus Textilfasern herzustellen klingt total offensichtlich und sinnvoll!

youtube.com/watch?v=egEepZBhrs

Bloß werden alle Kunstfasern unter Zug auf Dauer länger - und die wenigsten sind UV-Stabil (das verwendete "#Vectran" natürlich auch nicht)

Da spart man also mal wieder ein paar Gramm, auf Kosten von geringerer Lebensdauer und massiv mehr Wartungsaufwand.

Für High-End und Rennräder evtl. okay. Für Otto Normal wird das Zeug wohl "nie" relevant werden.

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."

Read more: grist.org/technology/how-do-yo

Grist · How do you tackle microplastics? Start with your washing machine.By Saqib Rahim