Our clothes are wreaking havoc on the oceans
The fashion industry has come under increasing fire for its impact on the planet, from production to clothes racks and back to the environment in the form of microfibres.
Now, the plot thickens. A chance discovery and resulting global survey, described in the journal Science Advances, found that nearly 92% of textile fibres floating in the ocean come from natural plant- or animal-based materials such as cotton and wool.
Published by Cosmos.
