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One thing you can do is stop buying clothes with nylon and polyester (which is hard to find but not impossible) since these release plastic particles when you w

by Puts 6y ago

One thing you can do is stop buying clothes with nylon and polyester (which is hard to find but not impossible) since these release plastic particles when you wash them which eventually enters the sea and the food chain.

Fezzik 6y ago
This is a big one. I have been making diligent efforts to buy everything cotton and wool I possibly can, and telling retailers why I want cotton and wool products. Wool is an especially good alternative for active wear given its natural anti-odor properties.
- mstade 6y ago
  Ditto, and I'd like to throw a punch for linen too – perfect material on hot summer days!
  - specialist 6y ago
    Hemp is like linen without the wrinkles. (I have both.)
- atVelocet 6y ago
  Hemp is even better. Try it and you will never go back to cotton.
  - brnt 6y ago
    Hard to find though. You basically can't shop on mainstreet (which you can't right now anyway, but you get the point).
- KozmoNau7 6y ago
  That last part is a big plus. Most of us are so used to cotton shirts and synthetics that pick up odors and need to have the funk washed out all the time. A wool shirt can be aired out overnight, given a quick shake and be completely odor-free the next morning. I've worn merino wool underpants on trips where - for various reasons - I took barely anything except the clothes I wore. Hanging the underpants in the steamy bathroom while taking a shower will almost completely refresh them. Heck, even keeping them on in circumstances where showers weren't available didn't seem to pick up any odors, at least for a couple of days. Not that I would normally recommend regularly wearing underwear for several days or even a week, but wool is clearly superior to cotton or synthetic fabrics.
aitchnyu 6y ago
Dont special lint traps in washing machines solve most of it?
- sleavey 6y ago
  The smaller particles still get through. Microplastics really are micro. I would cite a URL but I learned this from a TV program in Europe called Xenius.
  - namdnay 6y ago
    The kids programme on Arte? Great show
WA 6y ago
While this makes sense to reduce plastic overall, it doesn’t help to eat less plastic right now. Furthermore, I kinda think that this must be solved on a political level. It’s good if more and more people ask for plastic-free products, but don’t think that this changes anything on the individual level, especially if you consider that a lot of plastic in the oceans come from fishing nets. It might actually make more sense to stop eating fish, if you want to have less plastic in your ocean. So generelly: yes, try to reduce plastic, but also make it vocally (and vote) that this is important to you/all of us.
fileeditview 6y ago
And additionally these clothes feel much better on the skin, at least in my experience. It's also great to see how great wool e.g. repels water. Wool has so many great properties but it is of course also significantly more expensive.
- KozmoNau7 6y ago
  The feel on your skin certainly depends on the type of wool used. I have some merino wool boxer briefs, which are utterly soft and comfortable. They're made from organic mulesing-free wool, which is what you should be looking for, if at all possible. I also have some military surplus (Finnish M65) wool pants, which are made primarily for warmth and durability, not so much for soft comfort. Even after a sorely-needed rejuvenation with lanolin, they are still made from thick and somewhat coarse wool, which is obviously better for winter pants than silky soft merino. Personally I don't find wool to be annoyingly scratchy. While I certainly do feel it a little bit when I put on a coarse wool flannel shirt before it warms to my body temperature, but it doesn't bother me. I know some people absolutely can't stand it, but I don't think anyone would have issues with good merino.

by Puts 6y ago

Fezzik 6y ago

This is a big one. I have been making diligent efforts to buy everything cotton and wool I possibly can, and telling retailers why I want cotton and wool products. Wool is an especially good alternative for active wear given its natural anti-odor properties.

mstade 6y ago
Ditto, and I'd like to throw a punch for linen too – perfect material on hot summer days!
- specialist 6y ago
  Hemp is like linen without the wrinkles. (I have both.)
atVelocet 6y ago
Hemp is even better. Try it and you will never go back to cotton.
- brnt 6y ago
  Hard to find though. You basically can't shop on mainstreet (which you can't right now anyway, but you get the point).
KozmoNau7 6y ago
That last part is a big plus. Most of us are so used to cotton shirts and synthetics that pick up odors and need to have the funk washed out all the time. A wool shirt can be aired out overnight, given a quick shake and be completely odor-free the next morning. I've worn merino wool underpants on trips where - for various reasons - I took barely anything except the clothes I wore. Hanging the underpants in the steamy bathroom while taking a shower will almost completely refresh them. Heck, even keeping them on in circumstances where showers weren't available didn't seem to pick up any odors, at least for a couple of days. Not that I would normally recommend regularly wearing underwear for several days or even a week, but wool is clearly superior to cotton or synthetic fabrics.

aitchnyu 6y ago

Dont special lint traps in washing machines solve most of it?

sleavey 6y ago
The smaller particles still get through. Microplastics really are micro. I would cite a URL but I learned this from a TV program in Europe called Xenius.
- namdnay 6y ago
  The kids programme on Arte? Great show

WA 6y ago

While this makes sense to reduce plastic overall, it doesn’t help to eat less plastic right now. Furthermore, I kinda think that this must be solved on a political level. It’s good if more and more people ask for plastic-free products, but don’t think that this changes anything on the individual level, especially if you consider that a lot of plastic in the oceans come from fishing nets. It might actually make more sense to stop eating fish, if you want to have less plastic in your ocean. So generelly: yes, try to reduce plastic, but also make it vocally (and vote) that this is important to you/all of us.

fileeditview 6y ago

And additionally these clothes feel much better on the skin, at least in my experience. It's also great to see how great wool e.g. repels water. Wool has so many great properties but it is of course also significantly more expensive.

KozmoNau7 6y ago
The feel on your skin certainly depends on the type of wool used. I have some merino wool boxer briefs, which are utterly soft and comfortable. They're made from organic mulesing-free wool, which is what you should be looking for, if at all possible. I also have some military surplus (Finnish M65) wool pants, which are made primarily for warmth and durability, not so much for soft comfort. Even after a sorely-needed rejuvenation with lanolin, they are still made from thick and somewhat coarse wool, which is obviously better for winter pants than silky soft merino. Personally I don't find wool to be annoyingly scratchy. While I certainly do feel it a little bit when I put on a coarse wool flannel shirt before it warms to my body temperature, but it doesn't bother me. I know some people absolutely can't stand it, but I don't think anyone would have issues with good merino.