Hey! It’s my birthday! Now this regular 11 year old is a regular 12-year-old! Well, for today’s blog I decided to talk about fast fashion since we buy clothes on birthdays.
Synthetic materials such as polyester, acrylic, and nylon are somewhere around 60% of the clothing material worldwide. Out of this 60%, the most used one is polyester. These man-made materials are highly popular and usually chosen by the fashion industry because of their availability, durability, resistance, and affordability. When manufactured, washed, and worn, clothes made out of synthetic materials lose microplastic fibres that end up in the environment and duh, harm it. Plastic that ends up in the environment does not biodegrade, it fragmentizes into smaller pieces. These microplastics, called microfibers, are smaller than 5 mm and are primary microplastics, which are usually not visible to the naked eye. Primary microplastics are directly released into the environment as such, contrary to secondary microplastics which mostly come from the degradation of large plastic. Recent research proves that we are eating and drinking plastic and that plastic fibres are raining down from the sky. We breathe in plastic microfibers from our clothing, carpets, curtains & other textiles. So next time you wear those brand new stylish sports goodies, think upon these points first. Not only sports but also any other clothes with these materials. So before you buy check the tag on the clothing. Thanks for giving me time and reading this blog post. Be Safe and Have a Good One and I am out! Sorry if any mistakes have occurred or I sound rude. 😉 Sources-https://www.oceancleanwash.org/?gclid=CjwKCAiA-9uNBhBTEiwAN3IlNFyHcmCVV11IkZheqpzzEI0lcAL8CkIUaBWYf9w12Z4orehfdca92hoCRXYQAvD_BwE
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Sayee
12/16/2021 07:39:30 am
i had an idea about the micro plastics, but wasnt so much aware, we actually breathe 'em thru the carpets, curtains etc. it was an eye, opener!!!!!!!! keep writing such eye openers. u write 'em in a spellbinding way and at the same time, they provide ton of info, which is so very much useful. ur blogs are SUPERCALIFRAGILISTICEXPIALIDOCIOUS! keep flourishing and growing!!!!!!!!! Belated HBD, to u, young man!
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Neev
12/16/2021 07:49:17 am
Thanks a ton! Glad you life my blogs and find them interesting!
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