Microfibres are released into waterways ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐บ ๐ต๐ช๐ฎ๐ฆ you do your laundry. โฃ
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Most of our clothing (60%) is made of plastic these days. The label could say:โฃ
– polyester โฃ
– acrylicโฃ
– nylonโฃ
– econylโฃ
– repreveโฃ
– aquafilโฃ
– waste2wearโฃ
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๐๐ข๐๐ซ๐จ๐๐ข๐๐ซ๐๐ฌ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐จ๐ ๐ฌ๐ฆ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ฆ๐๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐ง๐ข๐ฆ๐๐ฅ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐ข๐ ๐๐ฌ๐ญ, ๐ ๐ซ๐จ๐ฐ, ๐๐ง๐ ๐ก๐๐ฏ๐ ๐๐ง๐๐ซ๐ ๐ฒ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฏ๐ ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ฏ๐๐ง๐ญ๐ฎ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐๐ซ๐๐๐ญ๐.โฃ
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They don’t write that on the label.โฃ
๐๐ท๐ฆ๐ฏ “๐จ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฏ” ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ข๐ฏ๐ช๐ฆ๐ด ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฐ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ญ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ง๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐ง๐ช๐ด๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ต๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ค๐บ๐ค๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ต๐ต๐ญ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ข๐ญ๐ด๐ฐ ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฏ’๐ต ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฉ๐ข๐ด๐ช๐ป๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ข๐ค๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ฎ๐ช๐ค๐ณ๐ฐ๐ง๐ช๐ฃ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ง๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ ๐จ๐ข๐ณ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ด ๐ข๐ญ๐ด๐ฐ ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ข๐บ ๐ข ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ญ๐ถ๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ท๐ช๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต. โฃ
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The truth
Customers need to know the whole truth, not just the part that looks good and marketable. Often, these recycled plastic garments cost a lot more because of their “green credentials”.โฃ
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They talk about reduced carbon footprints and closed-loop systems, but this is only half the picture, unfortunately. โฃ
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Unfortunately, companies hardly ever mention that you should invest in a filter for your washing machine.โฃ
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At the moment, there is no filter that catches 100% of fibres BUT theย @planetcare.solutionsย filter catches 90% of microfibres released while washing clothes.โฃ
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There are other filters too, but this one is the best at its job. This is why it is endorsed by theย @plasticsoupfoundationย .โฃ
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Planetcare reuses the microfibres from returned cartridges to make them into insulation panels.โฃ
In addition, they are also able to reuse 95% of the cartridge. โฃ
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๐๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐๐๐ง๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐๐ฎ๐ฒ ๐ ๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ญ๐๐ซ, ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐๐๐ง:โฃโฃ
– wash at 30ยฐCโฃ
– only wash full loadsโฃ
– keep your clothes by fixing them, as new clothes shed more fibres than old ones.โฃ
– when it is time to buy new clothes, buy natural fibres like cotton, wool,and linen.โฃ
– air dry instead of tumble dryโฃ
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I hope you find this post useful and informative. โฃ
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Further reading
https://www.planetcare.org/en/
