How do you tackle microplastics? Start with your washing machine.

Photo credit: Owen Humphreys / PA Images via Getty Images. Article by Saqib Rahim. Grist – April 19, 2023.

As environmental challenges go, microfiber pollution has come from practically out of nowhere. It was only a decade or so ago that scientists first suspected our clothing, increasingly made of synthetic materials like polyester and nylon, might be major contributors to the global plastic problem. […]

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