How 'practical interventions' could cut around 95 per cent of microfibre pollution from textile production

Stuart Stone
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Changes to wastewater treatment, sludge disposal, and product design could tackle tens of thousands of tonnes of microfibre pollution annually, study claims

Textile manufacturing generates 92,000 tonnes of microfibre pollution every year with an estimated 63 per cent of the resulting waste - totalling more than 58,000 tonnes - leaking into the environment....

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