The microplastic is no longer a “beach” or “ocean” problem. It also appears in places as remote as the snow of Antarctica, where they have been measured from tens to thousands of particles per liter of melted snow. And, to a large extent, it arrives there by ways that we neither see nor smell. One of those tracks starts at home with a daily gesture. You put a washing machine, close the door and forget, but each wash of synthetic clothes can rele…
The microplastic is no longer a “beach” or “ocean” problem. It also appears in places as remote as the snow of Antarctica, where they have been measured from tens to thousands of particles per liter of melted snow. And, to a large extent, it arrives there by ways that we neither see nor smell. One of those tracks starts at home with a daily gesture. You put a washing machine, close the door and forget, but each wash of synthetic clothes can rele…