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|title=Environment-Plastics== | |title=Environment-Plastics== | ||
=====Laundry is a top source of microplastic pollution. Here’s how to clean your clothes more sustainably===== | |||
[https://www.pbs.org/newshour/science/laundry-is-a-top-source-of-microplastic-pollution-heres-how-to-clean-your-clothes-more-sustainably by Judith Weis 13/1/24 PBS News] | |||
The most common microplastics in the environment are microfibers – plastic fragments shaped like tiny threads or filaments. Microfibers come from many sources, including cigarette butts, fishing nets and ropes, but the biggest source is synthetic fabrics, which constantly shed them. | |||
=====It's raining plastic: microscopic fibers fall from the sky in Rocky Mountains===== | =====It's raining plastic: microscopic fibers fall from the sky in Rocky Mountains===== | ||
[https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/aug/12/raining-plastic-colorado-usgs-microplastics by Maanvi Singh 13/8/19 The Guardian] | [https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/aug/12/raining-plastic-colorado-usgs-microplastics by Maanvi Singh 13/8/19 The Guardian] | ||
