Microfibres are released into waterways ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐บ ๐ต๐ช๐ฎ๐ฆ you do your laundry. โฃโฃMost of our clothing (60%) is made of plastic these days. The label could say:โฃ– polyester โฃ– acrylicโฃ– nylonโฃ– econylโฃ– repreveโฃ– aquafilโฃ– waste2wearโฃโฃ๐๐ข๐๐ซ๐จ๐๐ข๐๐ซ๐๐ฌ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐จ๐ ๐ฌ๐ฆ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ฆ๐๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐ง๐ข๐ฆ๐๐ฅ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐ข๐ ๐๐ฌ๐ญ, ๐ ๐ซ๐จ๐ฐ, ๐๐ง๐ ๐ก๐๐ฏ๐ ๐๐ง๐๐ซ๐ ๐ฒ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฏ๐ ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ฏ๐๐ง๐ญ๐ฎ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐๐ซ๐๐๐ญ๐.โฃโฃThey don’t write that …
Everything you buy has a story. Someone designed it, someone made it, someone sold it, someone dismantled it or buried it. The truth is that many of the products sold in the West, consumed like it has no value, has left an environmental stain on its original birthplace. Manufacturing Indonesia Let’s take clothing. H&M, …
I recently learnt about PlayPumpsย because it features in the curriculum taught in the National Geographic Learning course, Reach Higher. What a wonderful idea- combining play and engineering to deliver water to communities who don’t have easy access to clean water! What is PlayPumps? The problem with PlayPumps Of course, nothing is ever straightforward. I …
What does the future hold for the fishing industry? It is always high on everyone ‘s list when there are negotiations, from the UK to South Korea. There are no globally enforced standards. In some countries, the fishing boats are small and they work within government-set quotas. Many countries have giant ships with miles-long nets …
