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Or we can just burn the clothes. Almost no clothing in Europe, biodegradable or not, ends up in the ocean.
by jeltz 3y ago
Or we can just burn the clothes. Almost no clothing in Europe, biodegradable or not, ends up in the ocean.
- woodruffw 3y agoMy understanding is that much of the West’s second-hand and overstock clothes ends up in countries like Ghana, where it does end up in waterways[1]. This has presumably increased over time due to fast fashion, which is a large market in Europe (like in the US). [1]: https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2023/jun/05/yvette-yaa-konadu-tetteh-how-ghana-became-fast-fashions-dumping-ground https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2023/jun/05/y...
- graemep 3y agoFast fashion is horrible. That article really shows on aspect of it. It has turned a large chunk of a recycling process into dumping.
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- logtempo 3y agoYou really need to cite a source on this subject, measuring the industrial waste is very difficult and any articles state that "we found this but anyway, it's difficult to track efficiently the industry wastes".
- piaglfgp 3y agoMicroplastics are emitted from clothing and flushed into the waste water system, and from there to oceans, every time you do laundry. This is considered to be the main source of microplastic pollution, including in the EU unless they managed something revolutionary that I'm not aware of. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-019-43023-x https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-019-43023-x
- throwaway22032 3y agoAbsolutely shit tons of fluff comes off off polyester clothes and ends up in the drain. We could probably design washing machines to filter it better, granted.