The Problem With Microfibres
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Our addiction to fast fashion and synthetics like polyester, acrylic, nylon and spandex, is contributing to global water pollution by shedding millions of invisible microfibres. What can the average person do about this?
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Who's shouldering the weight of fashion's microfibres problem
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How Plastic Pollution is Being Woven into Fast Fashion Culture
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What is Microfiber Pollution and How Can We Stop It
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Australian Cotton Microfibres and the Textile Industry
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Press The Or Foundation
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Dr Imogen Napper on X: 🫡 I dedicate this book chapter to my OG
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Microfibres: The microplastic causing macro-problems in global
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Polluting Textiles: The Problem with Microfibres - 1st Edition - Judit
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Doing laundry by hand sheds just as many microfibres as machine
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We are drinking our clothes: Waterloo startup develops solution
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Microplastics wash out of your clothing and into the ocean. Some
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Episode 69: Why plant-based materials don't solve the microfibre
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The Microplastics Crisis–You are the first responder - Science in