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Yeah, I have been thinking that too. But something like cotton also has a big impact on the environment. I don’t have enough info to mske a meaningful compariso
by bjelkeman-again 7y ago
Yeah, I have been thinking that too. But something like cotton also has a big impact on the environment. I don’t have enough info to mske a meaningful comparison of impacts though.
http://www.theworldcounts.com/counters/cotton_environmental_impacts/environmental_issues_with_cotton http://www.theworldcounts.com/counters/cotton_environmental_...
- hanniabu 7y agoCotton doesn't have the same lingering looking lasting effects.
- AstralStorm 7y agoIt's all fine as long as your clothes are reused, even into rags. The very flexible microfibers probably are not a hazard on the level of microplastics. Edit: they actually do pose this exact problem, though the filter in washing machine is supposed to catch all that. It doesn't.