Are you worried about microplastics?
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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I bet the bigger impact/microplastic culprit is the clothes themselves.
That's a really good point. It's unfortunate that polyester tends to be the go-to cheap option for clothes
I just hope we can swap them out for hemp ASAP.. I really want to get to the point where hemp is only a few bucks more and an elimination of corn subsidies along with a virgin plastics tariff could go a long way
You can find cotton really cheaply as well! You just have to look a bit harder for it
There's so much clothing already made that, with the exception of underwear or socks, you could assemble a large and diverse wardrobe of good quality plant fiber clothes entirely from 2nd hand clothing bought for as cheap or cheaper than you'd find new polyester stuff. Thrift shops, Vinted, Ebay, Poshmark etc have tons of good stuff for cheaper than retail.
Not only that, but aside from fossil fuels, what's the next worst culprit of greenhouse gas emissions? Fashion. Our practices in producing cheap, poorly made replaceable clothes and not making the effort into at least splashing out into clothes that last longer and maybe even repairing what we've got is a huge problem.
Most pairs of shoes I buy often don't last longer than 3 months. And when I do finally get one that lasts longer I wear them till the soles fall out of them. My current pair I've had for at least 2-3 years.
What the heck are you doing where shoes only last 3 months?
Don't forget to check out your local cobbler! What you really want in good shoes are good uppers (the main body of the shoe). The soles have always and forever through history been meant to be replaced after a while, since it's something you walk on every day.
With some nice leather uppers and a good local cobbler, and you can keep a pair of shoes going for quite a while :)
I guess I need a second set of shoes so when I send my old ones off to the shoe repairer I still have something to wear.
That's my problem now, Ive only got one good-ish pair, and they ain't leather
Leather was just an example I gave off the top of my head, since it's notoriously sturdy, but good shoes by no means need to be leather! Lots of good shoes come in all sorts of materials, so if a pair is treating you well (or it's all you have), having them resoled when the bottoms wear out could be a good option.