19/06/2022
DON'T THROW IT; SAVE IT | Stitch World
Forget microplastics and micro-beads and think about MICRO-FIBRES: that is the breakdown of synthetic clothing fibres into our oceans via landfill and washing machine water.
Australians love buying new clothes. Your garments are made under poor working conditions and in high-pressured production lines and thus poorly sewn. Therefore your latest trends will not last long in your wardrobe after a couple of washings - they look like rags..
Those clothes can take decades to break down in landfill, but the production of micro-fibres is sped up when coming from your washing machine water and the this debris is now being found in the waterway and oceans of the world. The tiny fibres offer a bigger surface for absorption of pollutants such as PCB's and the fibres have been found to have woven their way into the tissues of fish and shellfish. Can you guess where this fish flesh will end up next....???.
Buying a better quality woven material in your garment and letting Jan from Stitch World re-style your previous purchases into the latest trends, will give them a longer life and help our footprint on the world.
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