tst123@lemmy.world to Apple@lemmy.world · 1 year agoApple Announces 'FineWoven' Material, Will No Longer Make Leather Accessorieswww.macrumors.comexternal-linkmessage-square18fedilinkarrow-up1105arrow-down17cross-posted to: apple_enthusiast@lemmy.worldvegan@lemmy.world
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minus-squarevitriolix@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoYou are probably right that industrial and packaging are probably major sources, but microfibers in clothes is a big problem too https://www.unep.org/news-and-stories/story/fashions-tiny-hidden-secret#:~:text=Laundry alone causes around half,almost three billion polyester shirts. Laundry alone causes around half a million tonnes of plastic microfibres to be released into the ocean every year—the equivalent of almost three billion polyester shirts.
You are probably right that industrial and packaging are probably major sources, but microfibers in clothes is a big problem too
https://www.unep.org/news-and-stories/story/fashions-tiny-hidden-secret#:~:text=Laundry alone causes around half,almost three billion polyester shirts.