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Are you worried about microplastics? (lemmy.world)

submitted 8 months ago by Aurelius@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world

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I've been more and more conscious about microplastics. I was not aware that the laundry and dishwasher pods are just plastic which then goes into the water system.

What can be done to prevent microplastics?

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[-] shalafi@lemmy.world 3 points 8 months ago

Exactly my take. "Plastic" is a huge word covering thousands of compounds. I'm no chemist, but all the plastics I deal with day to day are inert, which is much of the reason we use them.

[-] Halosheep@lemm.ee 3 points 8 months ago

I'm absolutely in favor of reducing single use plastics, but there's so much plastic in so many things that I can't imagine existing without it. People are rather unreasonably of the "plastic bad" mindset without considering what the alternatives could be.

Not everything can be glass or wood/wood-like substances. Metal has its own environmental concerns. What else is there?

[-] BigMikeInAustin@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago

That some of those billions of profits were invested into finding better solutions.

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