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NO POLYESTER – 700,000 synthetic fibers (microplastics) in one wash
Reading time: 3 minutes We know how plastic waste floods our planet. We should also avoid clothing made of plastic fibers. Not all synthetic clothing behaves the same: According to a British study, fleece sweaters lose an estimated 1,900 fibers per wash cycle - a polyester shirt loses only about half as many. Acrylic clothing loses the most fibers in the washing machine: a typical 6-kilo load can lose up to 700,000. Because once the particles have landed in nature, they stay there - sometimes even for centuries. As is well known, synthetic fibers are made from petroleum and this...