Thursday, November 14, 2024

Your Help Is Needed To Lobby Against Microfiber Pollution

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The Ocean Conservancy has issued a call to action requesting your help combating the scourge of microfibers in our oceans.

The organization would like your support for a current piece of federal legislation that aims to eliminate microfiber pollution.

Sadly, their size makes it impossible for microfibers to be eliminated from the environment once they have entered it. The main culprit in microfiber pollution is clothes washing. The lint generated from fleeces, jumpers and other clothing is washed into the water, where it ends up in our oceans. 

To put it into perspective, from 1950 to 2016, 5.6 million metric tons of synthetic fibers have entered our waters from washing. That is the equivalent of dumping 28.2 billion T-shirts into the environment. That’s why your support is needed. 

You can find out more information here.

Sam Helmy
Sam Helmyhttps://www.deeperblue.com
Sam Helmy is a TDI/SDI Instructor Trainer, and PADI Staff and Trimix Instructor. Diving for 28 years, a dive pro for 14, I have traveled extensively chasing my passion for diving. I am passionate about everything diving, with a keen interest in exploration, Sharks and big stuff, Photography and Decompression theory. Diving is definitely the one and only passion that has stayed with me my whole life! Sam is a Staff Writer for DeeperBlue.com

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