Jun 18, 2020
Back in December 2019, shoppers were warned about purchasing Christmas jumpers as they are significantly damaging to the environment and are typically made from plastic fibers. These fast fashion sweaters shed hundreds of thousands of microfibers per wash. Now, new research has shown that just wearing them could release more...
#Environment#air#air pollution#air quality#Dr. Francesca De Falco#Environmental Science & Technology#fashion industry#Fast fashion#IPCB-CNR#Italy#Microfiber#microfiber pollution#Microfibers#Microfibre#Microfibres#microplastic#Microplastic fibers#microplastic pollution#Microplastics#plastic#plastic pollution#plastics#pollution#polyester#polyester clothes#polyester plastic#polyester/cotton#Prof. Richard Thompson OBE#textile design#the Institute for Polymers- Composites & Biomaterials of the National Research Council