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Plastic pollution from fabrics and other consumer products
- clumsysmurf 11y agoNot mentioned: micro plastics are also trapped in arctic sea ice http://news.sciencemag.org/earth/2014/05/trillions-plastic-pieces-may-be-trapped-arctic-ice http://news.sciencemag.org/earth/2014/05/trillions-plastic-p... Also, lots of nasty stuff in DWR (common in technical clothing) winds up in the environment like PFOA / PFOS. Patagonia, Columbia, and Mountain Hardwear (among others possibly) recognize the problem but haven't found anything as a suitable replacement yet.
- rjanoch 11y agoAnother area of concern with plastics and water is with microbeads and pre-production plastics. http://www.theguardian.com/vital-signs/2015/mar/27/microbead-california-pollution-nurdle-law-plastic http://www.theguardian.com/vital-signs/2015/mar/27/microbead... As part of health care products or just raw (pre-production) they get introduced into our wastewater and stormwater systems.
- toomuchtodo 11y agoJurisdictions are starting to ban microbeads: http://www.beatthemicrobead.org/en/ http://www.beatthemicrobead.org/en/ http://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/09/business/california-bans-plastic-microbeads.html http://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/09/business/california-bans-p... http://marinedebris.noaa.gov/types-and-sources-solutions/states-consider-plastic-microbead-bans http://marinedebris.noaa.gov/types-and-sources-solutions/sta... http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2015/oct/09/california-bans-microbeads-to-protect-marine-life http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2015/oct/09/californi... > Many state governments, including California, Illinois, New Jersey, Maine, Colorado, Maryland, Indiana, Connecticut and Wisconsin, are banning “microbeads” — plastic exfoliants used in cosmetics. There is much work to be done still.
- josscrowcroft 11y agoWhere can I get my clothes if I don't want to contribute to this issue (and not look like I'm Amish)?