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More important than single-use plastics seems to be synthetic clothing.
And even worse than that? Tires. Now if only we could connect a bunch of cars together and put them on some kind of metal rail with metal wheels instead...
https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/land-use-biodiversity/rising-microplastics-seas-puts-pressure-tyre-industry-2023-07-17/
https://e360.yale.edu/features/tire-pollution-toxic-chemicals
You're spot on. Tires are the biggest contributor to micro plastics.
It's in the air you breathe as well, goes straight from your lungs to your blood and everywhere in your body
Quality synthetic clothing is actually great. You can wear the same t-shirt 10 years in a row and it will look and feel like a new one. But cheap ones tend to fall apart faster than cotton variants.
You know what else lasts 10 years? Quality cotton t-shirts.
They don't really.
Thrift stores throw away most of the clothing they get. $5 shirts on Shein are obviously garbage, but even the stuff sold in malls is basically single use.
Know tons of people who’d rather toss/“donate” something than sew a button back on.