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Microfiber fabrics are man-made and frequently used for athletic wear, such as cycling jerseys, because the microfiber material wicks moisture (perspiration) away from the body; subsequent evaporation cools the wearer. Microfiber can be used to make tough, very soft fabric for clothing, often used in skirts, jackets, bathrobes, and swimwear.
One concern with fast fashion is the clothes waste it produces. According to the Environmental Protection Agency, [23] 15.1 million tons of textile clothing waste was produced in 2013 alone. [24] In the United States, 64.5% of textile waste is discarded in landfills, 19.3% is incinerated with energy recovery, only 16.2% is recycled. [25]
The United Nations Environment Programme used 2 different studies to estimate the impact of plastic on climate: according to the first, by the year 2040 the annual emissions from plastic will reach 2.1 GtCO2 and will consume 19% of the 1.5 degrees carbon budget, while the second estimated the emissions in the year 2015 as 1.7 GtCO2 and ...
the environment. An Environmental Health Officer (EHO) at the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) conducted an investigation to find the missing mercury in the chlor-alkali industry [7]. The path of the investigation An employee of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) suggested that the
A 2017 study found indoor airborne microfiber concentrations between 1.0 and 60.0 microfibers per cubic meter (33% of which were found to be microplastics). [137] Another study looked at microplastic in the street dust of Tehran and found 2,649 particles of microplastic within 10 samples of street dust, with ranging samples concentrations from ...
Plastic Soup Foundation is a non-profit marine conservation organisation that aims to reduce plastic pollution, specifically marine plastic pollution. [1] [2] Established in 2011, Plastic Soup Foundation advocates towards imposing bans or voluntary phase-outs of microbeads in cosmetics at a global scale with the Beat the Microbead campaign.
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Here, Carolyn Forté, the executive director of the Good Housekeeping Institute Home Care & Cleaning Lab, shares her step-by-step guide on how to clean a microfiber couch. For a deeper clean, we ...