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Laundry is a top source of microplastic pollution—here's how to clean your clothes more sustainably (theconversation.com)

submitted 8 months ago by GreyShuck@feddit.uk to c/green@lemmy.ml

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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.

Textiles shed microfibers while they are manufactured, worn and disposed of, but especially when they are washed. A single wash load can release several million microfibers. Many factors affect how many fibers are released, including fabric type, mechanical action, detergents, temperature and the duration of the wash cycle.

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[–] Lemonparty@lemm.ee 0 points 8 months ago (11 children)

You not believing it doesn't make it untrue. Where do you shop? What do you buy? Find me a reputable store that doesn't carry non-blend fabrics, and I'll find you one around the same price point that does. Nobody suggested you had to go to Old Navy, in fact I used it to demonstrate that even cheap places (Old Navy is all about cheap) have non synthetic options. They're a baseline that holds true as you advance to just about every price point.

[–] ShoeboxKiller@lemm.ee 2 points 8 months ago (6 children)

Like the joke about the airplane their point was clearly over your head. ✈️🤣

[–] Lemonparty@lemm.ee 0 points 8 months ago (5 children)

There are no points on a circle my friend.

[–] ShoeboxKiller@lemm.ee 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Wow, you like being wrong huh? A circle is defined in mathematics as a type of line which is composed of infinite number of points that are equidistant from a given point.

[–] Lemonparty@lemm.ee -1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Omg not semantics, anything but semantics

[–] ShoeboxKiller@lemm.ee 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Pedantics, actually. Much like this comment. Semantics would be applicable if you weren’t trying to be superior by dropping a single ambiguous sentence.

Since you left the meaning of your comment ambiguous I interpreted it as your lack of understanding what the mathematical definition of a circle is.

Based on the comment thread it seems like you need all the help you can get. I hope you find it!

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