Recycled polyester releases more microplastics
When the sustainable solution may make the problem worse. In recent years, recycled polyester has become the symbol of “eco-friendly” fashion: promoted as a virtuous alternative to virgin polyester, it has been adopted by dozens of global brands as a strategy to reduce the industry’s environmental impact. However, a recent scientific study raises serious doubts about the true sustainability of this fiber and challenges a previously widespread and little-examined narrative. The results of the “Spinning Greenwash” study The Changing Markets Foundation, a nonprofit organization working on environmental sustainability, commissioned research from the Microplastic Research Group at Çukurova University (Turkey) to compare the release of microplastics between recycled and virgin polyester…
Microfibers and microplastics from textile materials: what are they and how to reduce them?
Thanks to two interesting studies*, reviewing the research on microfibres and microplastics, we try to shed light on a topic more and more preoccupying. The increase in the production of textile fibers in the last 20 years, in particular of synthetic ones, and the discoveries on the effects they have on man and the environment place more and more attention on the subject. Fiber fragments released from clothing and home textiles during washing, drying and use are considered a new source of environmental pollution and a health threat. What are microfibres? What size are they? “Microfibre” is a consolidated term in the textile industry to indicate fibers between 10 and…
Stop the microplastics: the appeal of Ecobiocontrol to ECHA (European chemical agency) to protect us and the environment
Italiano/English below Puoi ascoltare qui l’articolo: Audio-à-porter – Fermiamo le microplastiche “L’attuale situazione dei mari e degli oceani impone misure drastiche nelle scelte di TUTTI i materiali introdotti intenzionalmente nel metabolismo del pianeta, più specificamente nel sistema acquatico. Non averlo preso in considerazione in passato ha portato alla reale situazione inaccettabile“. Ecobiocontrol lancia un appello a ECHA, chiedendo a tutti noi di diffonderlo, per richiedere maggiore severità nell’approvvigionamento e nelle tecnologie di produzione di particelle solide solubili e insolubili per cosmetici e detergenti. Fabrizio Zago (esperto di detergenza ecologica scientifica, consulente Ecolabel per la UE) con la collaborazione di Peter Malaise e Fabio Corradini ha redatto un testo che descrive la…
